VIOLENCE & MADNESS...
Architecture and Film- 2008
"Bob, are you feeling okay?"
Violence and madness compliment each other in
different scenarios. Whether            an act of violence
spawns madness within an                individual, or the
act of violence itself stemming               from madness,
their architecture relies heavily                 on emotion.
Violence is a natural                                    instinctive
form that exists within                                   the human
race because of personal motive. The use                    
of physical force whether justifiable or not             
presents itself as a form of rebellion, uprising              
to more defensive and selfish                                 
emotive distinctions.

Violence's use in movies are       essential to           
driving the plot of most films    and even its         
premise of a story. Action       sequences,         chase
scenes, military scenes all        are heavily        violent,
and if appropriately filmed,        can achieve         an
astounding effect to the        viewer in terms of
entertainment, or even           emotionally touching  
moments of despair and          struggle

In
A Clockwork Orange and                                       
The Dark Knight,  violence is a measure to a               
life without rules in terms of Alex and the Joker           
and how their actions frustrate their victims and drive
them to change mentally their beliefs and actions due
to madness.
Brazil and Equilibrium are examples of
government control uses of violence and the struggle
within the individual to understand their emotions and
aspirations to confront and rebel against authority.
by Jamie Ferreira