Family of murdered Australian child want audiences to boycott film about the case. What’s the line between art and exploitation?
Prof Jane Stadler, an academic who has written extensively about cinema and ethics, told Guardian Australian that the intended effect on the audience – and the strategies used to achieve it – should be taken into account when judging a film.
“This leaves film-makers open to accusations that they are profiting from pain, sadism and death … especially when the subject matter is real murders within living memory.”Take Wolf Creek, as an example. “Fans of horror and thrillers enjoy feeling fear in the safety of the cinema, and that is what made Wolf Creek successful,” Stadler says.
“Such films may foster ethical insight, elicit moral emotions such as righteous anger or compassion, and channel care and concern toward prosocial action or the prevention of social problems,” she says.
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