I think violence enhances an argument and helps emphasize it further. It can be used for pleasure and pain in the movie and either for fasination or disgust for the viewer.
During the sex scene in Videodrome there wasn't necessarily violence but the piercing during it was a mix of pain and pleasure. Another example of pain with pleasure in the movie is when Masha was being whipped. Violence is a way of getting rid of the human body through death. Also, it sometimes allows something else take over you and reclaim you in a way. An example is when a machine is controlling you, and you have loss of control, violence takes over you and your actions. In his movies Cronenberg reveals and shows things that people usually aren't fond of seeing but in some way are capivated and want more. This is a huge contributor to what he wants to convey to his audience. Some of the blantant violence in movies, not so much in Videodrome, shows the harsh reality of what really could happen in life. It brings a new perspective on things. I personally can't take harsh violence. I hate blood and other things that look ugly which causes me to not look during some parts of movies. But having said that, I still want and have the urge to look and see what's going on. This is an effect violence has. It's encaptivating and fascinating. It makes you want to see it even when you don't want to. (If that makes sense).
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I agree the idea that violence enhances an argument of this movie. The violence was used for fascination and disgust to the viewers. It contains lots of harsh violence scenes. You said that this idea make viewers to keep their eyes on the film and understand the arguments. I also think that this idea make the argument much stronger. The argument of this movie is that technology can destroy the body. And he described this in very negative way. I think he shows the violence too much to make viewers aware of this violence. So that viewers can understand the argument easily.
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