"There is a great streak of violence in every human being. If it is not channeled and understood, it will break out in war and madness."
— Violence in media

January 1, 1970

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Violence
Original Language: English

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Sam Peckinpah (quoted in Harmetz 1969: D9); qtd. in Kendrick, James. Film Violence: History, Ideology, Genre, “Introduction”, New York: Wallflower, Columbia University Press, 2009.