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A History of Violence Preview - ComingSoon.net Now, from out of the same mold comes A History of Violence, the latest film from David Cronenberg (Scanners), which is loosely based on the 1997 Paradox Press graphic novel by John "Judge Dredd" Wagner and Vince Locke. A History of Violence opens in select cities on September 23. Both the movie and the graphic novel are about a small town family man, played in the movie by "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy star Viggo Mortenson, whose past comes back to haunt him when he stops a robbery at his diner. comingsoon.net /news/topnews.php?id=10604   (2282 words)

Coming Soon! - Comic-Con International 2005 The movie is based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke, which was first publised by Paradox Press in 1997. Olsen told us that the movie's original New York setting had been changed to Philly, and that a number of rather graphic sex sequences had been added to the story, which weren't in the original book. This chance encounter leads to a downward spiral of murder and violence, as Tom must deal with something that he did years earlier, which could deeply affect the new life he has set up for himself. www.comingsoon.net /news/comicconnews.php?id=10385   (2282 words)

Library Even the action scenes, somewhat muted but graphic in terms of implied violence and liberal bloodletting, are shot with a veracity that brings to mind--believe it or not--Saving Private Ryan, even if everyone is wearing a toga. Violence is obliquely suggested or briefly graphic, but no matter how you cut it, From Hell is only marginally thrilling as it treads familiar territory. Gladiator's plot is a whirlwind of faux-Shakespearean machinations of death, betrayal, power plays, and secret identities (with lots of faux-Shakespearean dialogue ladled on to keep the proceedings appropriately "classical"), but it's all briskly shot, edited, and paced with a contemporary sensibility. www.frankrust.com /news/2004/05/dvd_collection/page5.html   (2282 words)

INTERVIEW: David Cronenberg On A History of Violence - MovieWeb In fact with A History of Violence, he “conciously went toward something that would make money but still be interesting.” As the roundtable discussion wound down, he informed us that the Director of Photography on A History of Violence, Peter Suschitzky, is the same person who shot The Empire Strikes Back. He said that in A History of Violence, there are “specific reasons” for many of the elements in the film. When asked about the graphic novel for which this movie is based, he stated frankly that he “never knew there was a graphic novel” so he had “no attachment” to it as they were working on the screenplay. movieweb.com /news/news.php?id=8539   (2282 words)

ICv2 News - Maria Bello in 'A History of Violence' Since A History of Violence (like Road to Perdition) is essentially a crime story without superheroes or the need for lots of special effects, retailers will have to alert their customers to the fact that the movie is actually based on a graphic novel. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Maria Bello ( The Cooler) will star opposite Viggo Mortensen in New Line Cinema's adaptation of the John Wagner/Vince Locke graphic novel, A History of Violence (published by DC Comics). ICv2 News - Maria Bello in 'A History of Violence' www.icv2.com /articles/news/5320.html   (2282 words)

The Video Game Encyclopedia Video games are made by developers, sometimes individuals, but almost always a team consisting of designers, graphic designers and other artists, programmers, sound designers, musicians, and other technicians. Video games are very popular and the market has grown continuously since the end of the video game crash of 1983. Some studies have shown that children who watch violent television shows and play violent video games have a tendency to act more aggressively on the playground, and some people are concerned that this aggression may presage violent behavior when children grow to adulthood. www.video-games-1.com /encyclopedia   (2282 words)

STLtoday - Entertainment - Books From a graphic perspective, however, Anderson succeeds beautifully, and certain sequences are extraordinary, including his visualizations of King's major speeches and the assassination itself. Although both will be shelved in the all-encompassing "graphic novel" section of the bookstore, they represent two different strains of nonfiction: memoir and biography. The first two-thirds of the book - which was originally published as three separate volumes - is largely in black-and-white, with splashes of color used to highlight explosions of violence, and the artwork has a photo-realist look. www.stltoday.com /stltoday/entertainment/reviews.nsf/book/story/07ACC014F0C5715A86256FC1006BB306?OpenDocument   (961 words)

Mortal Kombat - Info, Tricks, Cheats, Walkthroughs, & Links Some say the game's graphic violence was gratuitous, and was only included in order to generate a public outcry and controversy that would increase publicity for the game. The Babality and Friendship moves were created as a jokey "non-violent" finishing move, a swipe at the US Congressional Investigation for Violence in Videogames who came down harshly on the Mortal Kombat games. Purists, fonder of the earlier style, were upset by the introduction of such finishing moves, yet Mortal Kombat's "purely violent" and dark gameplay was once again implemented after the release of Mortal Kombat 4. www.kurdistanline.com /mortal-kombat.html   (878 words)

The Graphic Novel Topics include essays on the representation of trauma and violence in graphic novels, such as Identity and Representation in Maus, Representations of Combat Trauma in the Works of Jacques Tardi, and Over the Top in the Aftermath of The Great War: Two Novels, Too Graphic. Additionally, the contemporary graphic novel is discussed, in such essays as The Dual Nature of Apocalypse in Watchmen, and The Textual Worlds of Benoît Peeters. www.coronetbooks.com /books/grap1097.htm   (70 words)

Parenting and Parenthood Information - Parenthood.com Many of these game packages are quite graphic and describe with some luring, promotional detail what the game has in store. As the holiday season is heavily upon us, parents should take warning when it comes to video games. Do not buy a game until you have thoroughly evaluated that game's impact on your child, regardless of how badly they want it. www.parenthoodweb.com /articles/phw248.htm   (70 words)

A List Apart: Articles: Usability experts are from Mars, graphic designers are from Venus The graphic designers sense that something is amiss, yet they are largely tongue-tied in their efforts to refute “the violence inherent in the system.” Being young, punkish, rebellious youths (all tattooed, shorn, and pierced to the hilt as well), they lash out blindly, saying ill-conceived, inarticulate, un-endearing things. Graphic Design == the feminine == the right side of the brain == being == art == the emotional == intuitive action == the inarticulatable == Venus. But writers about graphic design will never have as many easily articulatable “principles” as Jakob Nielsen (if they do, beware). www.alistapart.com /stories/marsvenus   (1617 words)

A History of Violence (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is based on a graphic novel (A History of Violence) by John Wagner. A History of Violence is a 2005 film, directed by David Cronenberg. Nominated - A History of Violence, John Wagner and Vince Locke, authors, and Josh Olson, screenwriter en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_History_of_Violence_(film)   (762 words)

A History of Violence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A History of Violence is a graphic novel by John Wagner originally published by Paradox Press, a division of DC Comics. Whilst Tom protests his innocence to everyone, eventually his façade is dropped and he reveals his history of violence to his wife and son. For the film, see A History of Violence (film) en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_History_Of_Violence   (190 words)

Amazon.com: A History of Violence: Books: Vince Locke,John Wagner A History of Violence is the graphic novel on which the recent David Cronenberg movie is based. A History of Violence was a shocking tale of a small-town man with a shady past. While it goes without saying the acts of violence are vivid (and almost difficult to view at times), Locke also depicts the more mundane aspects of the McKennas' lives, underscoring the everyman quality of Tom and the essentially average existence he leads. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563893673?v=glance   (2722 words)

The Flick Filosopher A History of Violence and Derailed And of course A History of Violence is only a movie -- but it strikes a chord of authenticity, too, achieving a perfect balance between letting us get lost in its people and story and never letting us forget that this is primarily a movie meant to divert us. I knew nothing about A History of Violence before I sat down to watch it, absolutely nothing except that it starred Viggo Mortensen, and that that was enough to make me want to see it. I had even managed to avoid hearing that this was a David Cronenberg film, knowledge that certainly would have colored my expectations about it, as would have the knowledge, which I did not have until just before the movie began, that this was based on a graphic novel. www.flickfilosopher.com /flickfilos/archive/2005/historyviolence.shtml   (725 words)

A History of Violence (2005) With A History of Violence, Cronenberg's adaptation of the John Wagner and Vince Locke graphic novel, the director has made an unusually spare and accessible thriller, free of his often clinical, surrealist touches. Although A History of Violence may be too mainstream for die-hard Cronenberg cultists, it's nonetheless a finely wrought and intelligent thriller from a director of singular vision. In the process, much horrific violence occurs, but it's not all of the gore-splattered variety—and by Cronenberg's often gruesome standards (remember Scanners?), the bloodshed is comparatively restrained. www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=118429&buy=open&Tab=reviews&CID=13   (694 words)

A History of Violence (2005) While the violence is quite graphic, as to be expected with Cronenberg, the camera does not linger on it at all. DC doesn't dumb down to the audience but enjoys the complexities of human reactions to issues of identity, violence and society's view of "good" versus "bad" violence. The real story is told through the emotional dynamics in the family as the plot unfolds. www.imdb.com /title/tt0399146   (497 words)

NEWSARAMA.COM – JOHN WAGNER ON A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE A History of Violence’s first half adheres very closely to Wagner’s book about a Midwestern man who on the spur of the moment commits a great act of courage which gets him nationwide press. And though he wrote the initial story, Wagner was willing to the let A History of Violence go once the deal was done, eschewing even the chance to write the screenplay. And while Cronenberg and Wagner’s versions of the story may veer away from each other, at the end of the day, A History of Violence is another feather in comics’ collective cap. www.newsarama.com /movies/Violence/JohnWagner.htm   (773 words)

Toronto International Film Festival Based on the graphic novel from John Wagner and Vince Locke, A History of Violence recounts the primal tale of a man forced to contend with his past after he has made every effort to bury it. Butterfly (92), eXistenZ (99) and A History of Violence (05). 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. www.e.bell.ca /filmfest/2005/films_description.asp?id=124   (505 words)

SPLICEDwire "A History of Violence" movie review (2005) "A History of Violence" review, David Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris For a good 40 minutes in the middle, "A History of Violence" is a concerto of elements that keep you off-balance with recurring danger and bursts of startling violence that have unexpected origins, unforeseen results and far-reaching consequences for Tom, his family and his long-blissful marriage. David Cronenberg is out of his element in "A History of Violence," and it shows. The director best known for an edgy, uncanny, sometimes gruesome style of cerebral macabre tries to put his stamp on this graphic novel adaptation about the humble owner of a small-town diner (Viggo Mortensen) thrust into a dark world of mobsters and a confrontation with his own identity. www.splicedonline.com /05reviews/historyviolence.html   (476 words)

A History of Violence The action in A History of Violence, which is based on a graphic novel, is jolting and uncompromising, but it's the psychological side that separates it from the pack. Such is the case with A History of Violence, which not only probes the recesses of long hidden truths, but turns the American action movie inside out, as we learn that our hero may not be a hero at all, but a villain even more depraved than his intimidating enemies. But with A History of Violence he's pushing into a genuinely scary arena - the horrors of the human psyche. www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/preview/articles/0930history0930.html   (729 words)

Viggo Mortensen in A History of Violence: Movie Reviews, Photos The film is based on the graphic book A History of Violence by John Wagner, with illustrations by Vince Locke. Cronenberg's A History of Violence, featuring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris and William Hurt, is cast in the mould of an updated version of western transported to a small-town America setting. Among 21 films in the main competition was Canadian director David Cronenberg's A History of Violence, starring Viggo Mortensen as a family man fending off mobsters who insist he's a long-lost crony from their past. www.brego.net /viggo/movies/history-violence   (4124 words)

A History of Violence A dissection of the roots of violence as it influences--and 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, brutal and tight, the kind of violence one would see on a street fight, ungainly and bloody, the opposite of the balletically choreographed, slow-motion special-effects violence in mainstream Hollywood actioners. David Cronenberg’s “A History of Violence” is an intense, emotionally compelling chronicle about the effects of violence on one nuclear family and its inevitably tragic passage from one generation to the next. historyofviolence.blog.com   (4124 words)

A History of Violence (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A History of Violence is a 2005 film, directed by David Cronenberg. It is based on a graphic novel by John Wagner. A History of Violence at the Internet Movie Database en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_History_of_Violence_(movie)   (4124 words)

Religion, Television & the Info. Superhwy - Waymark Press - Robert Lewis Shayon Working myopically within a marketplace in which violence had always sold to unsensitized adolescents fascinated by eye/hand coordination, these brilliant, technical designers forgot they had to develop for the population who could afford the box-- adults unable to get past the violence. As earlier medieval and Renaissance religious leaders worked with artisans, scholars and translators--translators collaborate with musicians, computer artists and graphic designers to communicate the redemptive power of the Gospel. Insightful believers in all faiths should, I believe, enlist enlightened self-interest in their discussions with media leaders by showing, for example, a portrait of the societal decay that will come with the global spread of gratuitous violence and rampant materialism in the mass media. www.waymarkpress.com /religion2.html   (4124 words)

V for Vendetta (2005) MPAA: Rated R for strong violence and some language. Trivia: The Houses of Parliament destroyed in the film are not the same buildings which Guy Fawkes planned to destroy in 1605. Sound Mix: Sonics-DDP (IMAX prints) / DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS imdb.com /title/tt0434409   (392 words)

A History of Violence review, A History of Violence DVD review Based on the DC comics graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke, “A History of Violence” is not exactly what you’d expect from director David Cronenberg. The violence is never hyperbolized, and yet when the tranquil Tom quickly attacks his enemies, it feels strangely surreal. “A History” does a brilliant job of jumping in to streaks of extreme violence with no problem, but what’s unsettling about the process is that it’s probably not as jolting as it should be. www.bullz-eye.com /mguide/reviews_2005/a_history_of_violence.htm   (663 words)

A History of Violence movies : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY A History of Violence began as a graphic novel, written by John Wagner and Vince Locke, and the well-built screenplay by Josh Olson reflects the black-and-white speed of the original medium. It's about the violence that surpasseth all understanding — a cataclysm of awful (and sometimes funny and sometimes horrifying) consequence that unfolds with insidious intimacy and a Cronenbergian delight in the animal squish and shock of torn bodies. Whether violence begets violence, whether perception is reality, whether a destructive animal instinct for combat really is lodged in the peaceful heart of every man — these are the themes that entertain Cronenberg, the Canadian original who made Dead Ringers and The Fly. www.ew.com /ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,1110769_1_0_,00.html   (586 words)

A History of Violence Anyone buying a ticket for a movie called A History of Violence shouldn't be surprised when they're assaulted by graphic images of death—which this film provides, in spades. Or is he a brutal killer who's cloaked his history of violence under the guise of a family man? Tom insists he's not who Fogaty says he is. But the ease with which he eliminates threats to his family suggests otherwise—and leads to escalating mayhem. Thankfully, we don't see the bullet's impact—perhaps the only time this movie demonstrates any restraint at all when it comes showing violence. www.pluggedinonline.com /movies/movies/a0002337.cfm   (1529 words)

A History of Violence Movie Review - A History of Violence Movie Trailer - The Boston Globe "A History of Violence" has been adapted by Josh Olson from a graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke, and Cronenberg seems to have attempted to duplicate the deliberate, flat dimensions of a comic book. His latest movie, "A History of Violence," is something of a change-up. In other words, "A History of Violence" is a real-life movie with disturbing dramatic implications. www.boston.com /movies/display?display=movie&id=7815   (813 words)

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