Territory: Cinema Violence
Object: Quentin Tarantino
Concepts: Audience emotion, aesthetic formalism, the problem of beauty in evil.
Philosophers: Noël Carroll, Mary Devereux, Joseph Kupfer, Quentin Tarantino
Objectives
– To better understand the arguments put forward by Quentin Tarantino for his use of violence.
– To further explore these ideas in the context of philosophy of audience and aesthetics.
– How has violent cinema developed?
– What is Tarantino’s role in the history of cinema violence?
– What is Tarantino’s relationship with his audience?
– What is Tarantino’s aesthetic philosophy?
– Where does Tarantino fit in with the problem of finding beauty in evil?