The film company Sony stops the spread of the Hollywood production “The Interview”. The satire is about the murder of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Against the performance there were terrorist threats.
In the movies it comes to that in cover of darkness comes out of hiding. That the armor of the soul takes over and lets his emotions. To put it pathetic at this location so we may only open eyes and ears, and then also the heart. And so each viewer can can carry away in this state increased awareness from which he in turn takes something home to everyday life, there is an agreement, a tacit agreement: The cinema is an area of security, you should feel free there. On the screen, everything can happen, the spectators can happen. We go into the dreams of other people – in beautiful dreams and nightmares, but only on time and in the care of the anonymous community. This is the pact. And which has now been broken.
terrorists have threatened to attack movie theater in the United States. The film company Sony has therefore just the distribution of the film “The Interview” stopped, which should launch in the US on December 25th. Sony does not want to bring the production to the movies later, it said company sources. In Europe and Germany not know where “The Interview” should commence in February 2015. A DVD release or television broadcast will not experience the 35 million euro production with Seth Rogen and James Franco in the lead roles as well.
“The Peace Keeper” is called the radical group, citing warning to the attacks of 11 September 2001 before a screening of the film “The world is full of fear be,” it said in e-mails that were sent to US journalists. And “. If your house is near a movie theater where the film will be shown, you better go away”
The film, which is presented by Sony as a satire, the story of two American reporters, are to conduct an interview with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. The CIA gives them the order to kill the head of state on the occasion. The North Korean government has called the comedy in July in a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon a “encouragement of terrorism as well as an act of war” and announced “merciless counter-measures” in case of a demonstration.
A few days ago, hackers have now copied thousands of internal documents from Sony and data such as internal e-mails and personal information about movie stars published on the Internet. US investigators believe that the threats around the movie of the same group of hackers come – and its members act on behalf of the North Korean government
The FBI then gave a warning to cinema operators, and the company Sony. left the cinema to decide whether they want to perform the film. The fourth largest cinema chain in the US, Carmike Cinemas, made the decision that it was better not to show the film. Other operators followed. The concern for the safety of employees and customers is just too big, it was said, especially cinema in the US often located in or adjacent to shopping malls. Then, Sony, decided to keep the film from the public.
This decision is unprecedented in the history of Hollywood, and it is false, devastating and a victory for the blackmailer. As a “scandal” refers to the Magdeburg sociologist Rainer Paris Sony’s decision. Paris specializes in ethical dilemmas, and he says: “This is so much at stake, that we must not give in.” At issue is the right to freedom of expression and to the free art. Even if the movie would have to change for each performance in a high-security unit with entrance gate and body search, the cost would be justified. “Cinema is a cultural region of the imagination,” said Paris, “and what is imagined must also be allowed to be shown.” Of course, one can argue about taste, but: “The use of images must be free.”
A feature of the cinema, the US especially, is the lack of respect in dealing with authorities. This scriptwriters and directors do not stop before the own president, and such criticism is a feature of democracy, it is their chance. Now that the threat of a small group succeeds, increases the influence of terrorists. You accept them confesses rights, and that is an encouragement for like-minded people and imitators. The cleverer give in, they say, but to give in here is stupid.
In the movies can you be anxious and looking forward, we must despise and desire, without any penalty someone threatens it. In the summer of 2012, this space was ever compromised. Back then stormed an assassin in Aurora, Colorado through the emergency exit in a movie theater – 30 min after the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” had begun. The young man shot around, killing twelve people, injured 60 more. We discussed whether we should continue to show the film, because obviously provoke the violence was portrayed therein, further violence. But he was taken up, and that was right, because that violence in the film violence in everyday life the result is a short circuit. The company also has to endure it when artists put their perception of the picture, they must respond to this criticism.
Cinema is a group experience, in the hall sits a selection of those who form a cultural community. Who threatens this community, attacks their values. Art is a value. That a group of terrorists considered a work of art as so dangerous that they want to destroy it, is even more the power of art to the test. You need to be defended. “The Interview” must be shown
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