tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295067283198824806.post218445521923347395..comments2023-11-05T01:18:40.171-06:00Comments on Monster Scholar: Director's Dungeon: Victor SalvaMonster Scholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512345969721307138noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295067283198824806.post-48658707806730869012012-04-19T06:15:49.433-05:002012-04-19T06:15:49.433-05:00How much he has learned from his crimes remains to...How much he has learned from his crimes remains to be seen. His films certainly seem to spend a lot of time leering at teenage boys. Why can't he aim his camera at men?. Because he is a pedophile and he likes young boys. He forced an 11 year old boy to have oral sex with him, among other abuses and filmed it for 'later'. If he didn't make films people liked and was just some average guy, everyone would be calling for his hide. In interviews he blames his upbringing and society but never himself. Anyway, it is an interesting moral conundrum. Do we allow artists to make art, even if their crimes are repugnant?. Koestler was a rapist, Poe, Gaugin, Carravagio, Lewis Carroll were all pedophiles who had sex with children, Charlie Sheen beats up every woman he dates or marrys including his pregnant wife. Mike Tyson admitted he raped prostitutes and beat them, he also raped a beauty queen. No one seems to care though...<br />What can we do?.<br />We have to hold duality of thought, and admire what they create,but hate the person.sundersartworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081191869328074493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295067283198824806.post-4878623167406859992011-03-21T12:31:49.796-05:002011-03-21T12:31:49.796-05:00There is a reason Victor Salva caught the attentio...There is a reason Victor Salva caught the attention of Francis Ford Coppola -- he has a first-rate talent for writing and directing horror movies, with an elegant visual simplicity not unlike John Carpenter. <br /><br />Jeepers Creepers (2001) is a classic horror movie. Beautifully filmed despite a limited budget, the movie has sweep and power, with a tragic ending that elevates it above popcorn entertainment into a contemporary work of art. If Salva made a mistake in his earlier days, so what? Everybody deserves a second chance. Nothing should prevent him from exercising his gifts today. After all, Edgar Allan Poe was no boy scout either, but that hardly negates his cultural contribution.Person of Interesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602433812664507504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295067283198824806.post-33864006114971532982009-08-03T11:36:06.261-05:002009-08-03T11:36:06.261-05:00Interesting post - sensitively written on a subjec...Interesting post - sensitively written on a subject that could potentially be the source of too much seriousness, or even worse, not enough.<br />Great blog - keep up the good work. :)James Graceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968719719213071671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295067283198824806.post-49099577208543156542009-07-29T15:48:26.496-05:002009-07-29T15:48:26.496-05:00And Jeepers Creepers III is rumored to be in the w...And Jeepers Creepers III is rumored to be in the works. Egad!Monster Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512345969721307138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295067283198824806.post-89605397992127059542009-07-28T16:17:11.663-05:002009-07-28T16:17:11.663-05:00His tasteless sexual proclivities aside, Jeepers C...His tasteless sexual proclivities aside, Jeepers Creepers remains one of my fave horror films of all time. I loved how it began with an homage to Spielberg's "Duel" and then morphed into a great monster story. The sequel, I felt, was pretty lame. <br /><br />"Powder" bored me to tears, though I know some people who adore the movie.<br /><br />I managed to see "Clownhouse" years ago at a theater in Philly and while it has its moments, it's sort of , dare I say it, dull.Pax Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951019083510283683noreply@blogger.com