Wednesday, 26 June 2013

{Anarchy and Stability}[10th April 1971]



[Redbook1:202][19710410]{Anarchy and Stability}[10th April 1971]

10th April 1971

            The borderline between stability and anarchy is very fine, and close to us; which side we stay of it depends not so much on the Law as on people's awareness of their whole danger.

            Therefore I do not object to killing in films; but I object to casual killing, very strongly.  That is why I disliked ‘Where Eagles Dare’, which I have just seen, so much: not because it was a weak plot (which it was) with shallow meaning (which is understandable) and too black-and-white; but because people flashed onto the screen, died, and disappeared.  There was fear, but no pain; there was death, but no bereavement.  And there was laughter in the audience at a neat way of killing.

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