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When the Siver Screen Turns Red: Opinions on Movie Violence : ‘Gratuitous violence in movies is doing major damage...’

I love action films, but the trivialization of life is so intense it has to tell us something about those who make and sell them and, worst of all, about those among us who crave them.

HASKELL WEXLER

Santa Monica

Wexler is a noted cinematographer.

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