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	USCCB - (Film and Broadcasting) - A History of Violence
		Director David Cronenberg's masterfully crafted film, based on a graphic novel, has overtones of those classic Westerns in which the peaceable hero is forced to resort to violence against implacable evil, features first-rate performances (including William Hurt and Ashton Holmes), but despite a redemptive ending, the violence quotient won't be to every taste.
		The story has overtones of those classic Westerns in which the peaceable protagonist must resort to force against implacable evil, or films such as "The Desperate Hours" in which a decent family is confronted by brutish thugs, not to mention numerous other films where men of conscience try to escape their fate.
		To say that the film shows the effects of violence on a family as well as a community seems to be stating the obvious, but the results are thought-provoking.
	www.usccb.org /movies/h/ahistoryofviolence.shtml (897 words)

	A History of Violence (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A History of Violence is an Academy-Award nominated 2005 film, directed by David Cronenberg.
		It is based on a graphic novel (A History of Violence) by John Wagner.
		The film was put into limited release on September 23, 2005, in the United States and later, went into wide-release September 30, 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_History_of_Violence_(film) (1150 words)

	A History of Violence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A History of Violence is a graphic novel written by John Wagner and illustrated by Vince Locke, originally published in 1997 by Paradox Press, a division of DC Comics.
		It is also the source for the film of the same name directed by David Cronenberg.
		Whilst Tom protests his innocence to everyone, eventually his façade is dropped and he is forced to reveal his history of violence to his wife and son.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_History_of_Violence (340 words)

	CINETEXT A History of Violence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It may be tempting to pursue elsewhere some rather obvious political echoes and analogies such as the history of involvement of the US with destruction, violence and oppression in other nations, its habit of deserting its stated policies, denying its culture of death and then withdrawing to its own backyard while projecting blame unto others.
		The curse of violence pervades his house as even his reluctant son emerges as a destroyer and potential killer when his docile mask is exposed by an aggressor.
		American Joey is cursed and displaced by his history of violence and remains grounded in aggression, sex, doubt, fear and death with no way out because he, like Oedipus is blind, crippled and incapable of seeing himself as he is. Isolation only reinforces his detachment to the curious question of the truth of his nature.
	cinetext.philo.at /magazine/stanwick/historyofviolence.html (1167 words)

	The Film Fanatic :: Film Review: A History of Violence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As the title implies, it is a violent film and as the title also implies it is about someone who has “a history of violence”.
		The film is set in a small Indiana town where Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) runs a small diner; one of those diners where the whole town seems to congregate and catch up on news.
		A History of Violence is the story of a man who is prepared to do anything to protect his family.
	www.tashitagg.com /forum/weblog_entry.php?e=1418 (698 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: A History of Violence: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With hard-hitting violence that's as sudden as it is graphically authentic, this is A History of Violence that's worthy of serious study and widespread acclaim.
		This is a poor film, with such a dreadful screenplay in parts that I was left wondering if maybe I was watching a very dark and twisted comedy instead of the hard-hitting yet stylish exploration of a man with a hidden past for which I was hoping.
		Unfortunately, there is very little in the way of style in the film, apart from a handful of notable exceptions, the opening sequence, Ed Harris, and a couple of scenes that are actually quite beautifully written and filmed, complete contrasts to the ludicrous nature of the rest of the film.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000E6TVRS (877 words)

	Garbled Communications: Film Review: A History Of Violence
		A History of Violence is his first incomplete film though.
		But the problem is that what the film does say and the questions it does pose seem simplistic, and are ideas that have been explored in greater depth many times before.
		Had A History Of Violence dared to explore further the questions it poses and relied less on beautiful cinematography and shocking bouts of violence, but rather upon a truly intelligent script, it could of been of great value.
	www.garbledonline.net /ahistoryofviolence.html (405 words)

	Film Review - A History of Violence
		Tautly directedand meticulously crafted, History of Violence is Cronenberg's most accessible film in a long time, standing in contrast to his last several films, the flawed eXistenZ and the brilliant Spider, which were little seen.
		A dissection of the roots of violence as it tears apart one typical American family, History of Violence, is based on Josh Olson's spare screenplay, loosely adapted from John Wagner and Vince Locke's graphic novel of the same title.
		The violence in the film is realistic and brutal, the kind of which you would see on a street fight, ungainly and bloody, the opposite of the balletically choreographed, slow-motion special-effects violence in Hollywood actioners.
	www.emanuellevy.com /article.php?articleID=235 (2132 words)

	JG Ballard on A History of Violence \| Features \| Guardian Unlimited Film
		The characters in Cronenberg's films behave as if they are inhabiting their minds and bodies for the first time at the moment we observe them, fumbling with the controls like drivers in a strange vehicle.
		The film is set in a small town in rural Ohio, a peaceful backwater where the only thing that changes is the single traffic light.
		What is so interesting about the film is the speed with which the wife accepts that her husband, for all his courage, is part of the criminals' violent world, in spirit, if not in actual fact.
	film.guardian.co.uk /features/featurepages/0,4120,1576212,00.html (1249 words)

	The Reel Deal \| Movie Reviews by Mark Sells
		A compelling thriller, "A History of Violence" is comprised of two storylines, the first of which is much stronger than the last.
		And they are forced to confront their relationships with one another, their relationships with others, and the issues that come to surface as a result of a violent past, present, and future.
		"Violence" is fractured into two distinct pieces - the first concludes after Tom's defense of his family and the second, where Tom goes back to Philadelphia to visit his estranged brother, comes across as an epilogue rather than an extension of the main arc.
	www.oregonherald.com /reviews/mark-sells/reviews/historyofviolence.html (1161 words)

	History of Violence, A (2005): Reviews
		Violence is in the spirit of the hardest-hitting film noir offerings from the '50s, but far more explicit.
		Ultimately, this film appeals to that very basic human satisfaction of seeing the bullies, mobsters, and thrill killers of the world get their due at the hands of the underdog.
		It's a pretty good film, and actually quite subversive in that it will appeal to many as a revenge/action film, yet is obviously making an extremely valid comment about our culture's obsession with, and championing of, violence.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/historyofviolence (1975 words)

	A History of Violence Review Movie Review Film A History of Violence: Viggio Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt, Ed ...
		A History of Violence is based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke.
		Robustly gripping in its lingering moodiness, A History of Violence is an unsettling meditation that spotlights the subtlety of savagery.
		Violence is a stark film that unassumingly questions the fascination that we inherently have for the capacity to succumb to vigilantism.
	www.movieeye.com /reviews/read_movie_review/2473.html (1159 words)

	Film Listings \| San Francisco Bay Guardian
		But it's still got to be the most beautifully filmed animal story of the year, in one of the landscapes most endangered by rapacious humanity: gorgeous mile after mile of frozen earth, with pastel skyscapes, brutal storms, and line after line of amazing, tuxedoed birds, devotedly marching in formation.
		The film squeaks by on the uniform excellence of its actors: Parker ably switches between jangling raw nerves and nursing her zonked fragility, but it's little Eden who holds Pure together with his fierce stare and stubborn, desperate pluck, even when his character's resourcefulness is stretched to Home Alone extremes.
		Blurring lines between scripted and improvisational, fiction and documentary, this quietly absorbing film is admirable in its sense of detail, and of omission – parts of these lives remain mysterious to the end, including some of the connections between them.
	www.sfbg.com /39/52/x_list_film.html (7768 words)

	Toronto International Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		While the film advances from the precept that violence is viral, the struggle to control it provides the emotional spine to a drama that strikes profound, reverberant chords in all of us.
		Blessed with a cast who are sensitive to every shift in mood, the film captures the sudden bewilderment of ordinary people who think they know their loved ones.
		Butterfly (92), eXistenZ (99) and A History of Violence (05).
	www.e.bell.ca /filmfest/2005/films_description.asp?id=124 (505 words)

	A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE - PLATINUM SERIES DVD
		Confounding (astounding) in its ambition, A History of Violence has even larger aspirations, tackling the lie of the myth of the bucolic, prelapsarian small-town with the twisted, literary dread of Ray Bradbury's "Mars is Heaven".
		He's funnier and more cocksure than he's ever been in A History of Violence, a superb comedy of manners and as devastating an indictment of the thin veneer of civilization as Lars Von Trier's Dogville.
		In "Violence's History: U.S. Version Vs. International Version" (1 mins.), Cronenberg explains that since the two cuts differ by a mere couple of shots (compared side-by-side in splitscreen), New Line could hardly justify the expense of putting both of them on the DVD.
	filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/historyofviolence.htm (1140 words)

	Total Film - A History Of Violence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A History Of Violence is, on the surface, a disconcertingly conventional film.
		Watch Violence with half an eye and you might as well be viewing any one of a hundred Westerns or 200 bottom-shelf actioners in which a good-hearted family man gets sucked into conflict.
		But here’s the thing: Violence is a film of hidden depths, its tumultuous themes swirling under a cool, placid surface.
	www.totalfilm.com /cinema_reviews/a_history_of_violence (497 words)

	A History of Violence
		These are mere pockets of violence in a film that is really dealing with the cause and effects of violence on the everyday person who uses it.
		In that case then the film is looking for dramatic effect and not the mere pursuit of glorifying violence, as opposed to the work of Tarantino.
		It is no surprise to me that the film’s identity and visceral experience comes from the violent scenes; the film works well as a drama until these violent acts are visualised, after that all people will remember about the film is the violence.
	www.talkingpix.co.uk /ReviewsHistoryOfViolence.html (1368 words)

	IGN: A History of Violence Review
		Cronenberg's films are highly violent, often bizarre tales of characters caught in a reality few in the real world care to examine.
		A History of Violence is the most accessible Cronenberg film in years, yet it is, at the core, classic Cronenberg.
		A History of Violence is a brilliantly executed, endlessly engaging work.
	filmforce.ign.com /articles/652/652678p1.html (456 words)

	A History of Violence :: Film Review :: ABC Alice Springs
		A History of Violence is yet another movie based on a graphic novel (that's comics for grown-ups for the uninitiated).
		The problem I had with the film is that in his desire to explore the depths of the human psyche, director David Cronenburg (who brought us The Fly, the Dead Zone and Dead Ringers, to name a few of his movies) leaves reality lagging in the dust.
		Despite repeated acts of violence and a body count that eventually hits double figures, there seems to be no legal consequences for any of the characters, although the moral consequences of their actions are shovelled on with a spade.
	www.abc.net.au /alicesprings/stories/s1624877.htm (571 words)

	A History of Violence - The Hollywood News - www.TheHollywoodNews.com - The Ultimate News and Previews Website
		A History of Violence is high among the most clever and thought-provoking films of the year.
		In the more literal sense the film’s title refers to the central character of the film, the stoic and soft-spoken Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) whose idyllic life is encroached upon by violence and soon leads to the question as to whether there are skeletons in his closet that might point to “his” history of violence.
		Yet from the beginning of the second act, the film is shot through with fl humor, and remains well balanced, even the over-the-top gangster turns by William Hurt, Stephen McHattie and Harris are like vivid paint on the directors pallette that counter the even tones of Bello and Holmes and the iconic gray of Mortensen.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/4001.php (1388 words)

	A History of Violence (2005)
		The early films of his career explored a very modern fear of contagious disease, using zombies and vampires as metaphors for the growing threat of biological contamination.
		The film is, first and foremost, about America's paradoxical stance on violence, about how some forms of it are condemned while others are celebrated.
		The film is bold enough to suggest that Edie is also secretly excited by the new Tom.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/AHistoryOfViolence/AHistoryOfViolence.html (1195 words)

	A History of Violence
		A History of Violence is one of the most interesting films to come out in 2005.
		The film functions at two levels -- a character study of trust in a typical nuclear family paired together with escalating action and amazingly choreographed fight scenes as Tom Stall and then his family are threatened by a series of thugs and gangsters.
		It is nice to see a script for a woman lead, where her characterization goes beyond the nice and protective mom, and explores her fears, passions, sexuality, and willingness to fight for her beliefs.
	www.chucksconnection.com /history.html (2097 words)

	Screentalk Article - The History of A History of Violence
		The film made the rounds in the festival circuit, having been nominated for the Palm D'Or at Cannes, and is already a Best Picture Oscar frontrunner among many who've seen it.
		The story itself focuses on a small-town cafe owner named Tom McKenna (changed to Tom Stall in the film) who lives a pretty average life with his wife, his son, and his daughter, until one day, gunmen come to the cafe with armed robbery on the brain.
		With A History of Violence now in theaters, for now, the development process and final process is history...
	www.screentalk.biz /articles/historyviolence_article.php (1085 words)

	films - moviezone
		A History of Violence is een variatie op dat thema, alleen dan heel wat minder geestig.
		Op het eerste gezicht lijkt A History of Violence een doorsneethriller, maar de titel verraadt meteen dat het hier om meer dan een spannend verhaaltje gaat.
		A History of Violence legt de kijker niets op maar stemt wel zeer tot nadenken.
	www.moviezone.nl /films.details.php?film_id=00000265 (1250 words)

	ParentCenter \| Entertainment Guide - Film: A History of Violence
		It features brutal, deft violence (based on a graphic novel, the film's title is indicative of its focus).
		History soon breaks open into a meditation not only on sensationalism and violence, but also, and more emphatically, on identity and masculinity, as these notions are entangled in U.S. self-puffing mythology.
		The film's title speaks to its concerns, and the fight scenes are rough.
	www.babycenter.com /reviews/okid/gentertainment/view/1-4467 (1007 words)

	A History of Violence
		When violence erupts and he has to respond in kind we have to wonder what we would do in a similar situation.
		His use of violence in his films is never apologetic, the violent acts here just are.
		This is not a film for the whole audience but if you are willing to take a trip away from the usual this is one to add to your collection.
	www.hometheaterinfo.com /a_history_of_violence.htm (1339 words)

	A History of Violence (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A mild mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to their very core.
		I expected bloody senselessness and instead saw a film laden with the deepest human emotions.
		From youthful loving to hard violence, from simple innocent joys to the full depth of adult violence and sex, and ultimate redemption, this film has it all.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0399146 (387 words)

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