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Hace 4 días · Fred Zinnemann’s Act of Violence is one of the more unusual revenge dramas of Hollywood’s uneasy post-World War II era. Act of Violence (1948) Released: 21 Dec 1948. Rated: Approved. Runtime: 82 min. Director: Fred Zinnemann. Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller. Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh. Writer (s): Robert L. Richards, Collier Young
Hace 23 horas · The Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray of Act of Violence is the expected perfect remaster of a B&W favorite that applies MGM’s production polish to non-glamorous subject matter. By the late ’40s B&W film stocks had been refined to the point that projection prints had a terrific contrast range and texture, whether the desired look was gritty or silky-smooth.
Hace 3 días · Clausewitz cogently defines war as a rational instrument of foreign policy: “an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.”
Hace 5 días · Terrorism, the calculated use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective. Definitions of terrorism are complex and controversial; because of the inherent ferocity of terrorism, the term in its popular usage has developed an intense stigma.
Hace 4 días · A simple thriller premise – a successful and respected family man is stalked by a deranged killer – unravels into a labyrinth of moral ambiguity, which is brilliantly mapped onto the landscape of postwar America by Zinnemann and cinematographer Robert Surtees.
Hace 5 días · Act of Violence is a crazy film that I’m shocked hasn’t been remade in the modern era. Two World War II veterans are living in the modern world at different points of life. Frank has his family and basic suburban life guaranteeing his American dream. Then, there is Robert Ryan’s Joe.
Hace 2 días · Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants (mostly civilians and neutral military personnel).
