Edge of Terror caps.-work in progress.

What is your status ?, and do you only have one when it is in comparison to the envy of others?

Male lead fears everyone is secretly laughing at him and his only achievement is that of a buffoon.

Young female journalist writing a story on him, cares little for status among her peers.

Quite a philosophical question for a young one.

Status obsessed trophy wife who constantly insults her husband, preying on his neurotic feelings of failure and ridicule.

 Every character in this film has a personality disorder.

Just a rough idea i am working on, a large part of this blog is  ideas in utero. Edge of Terror is an early nineties Spanish horror film, while it is nothing to write home about. Apart from the adorable child actors in it. While watching it with subtitles it became easier to notice an unusual focus in the script on the psychological problems of the characters.
The lead character, a  faded once famous ventriloquist experiencing renewed success,  and his interaction with his younger girlfriend and a female journalist covering his return to stardom.
The ventriloquist was paranoid and neurotic that his fame was instead notoriety and that he was a figure of ridicule, and is subject to abuse from his younger wife, who lets him know daily how he has disappointed her. 
In contrast the journalist writing an article on him has no interest in fame, is dismissive of peer approval and seeks happiness in her professionalism and life outside work.
The film addresses childrens understanding of mortality, familial loyalty and self defeating personalty traits.

Initially, it seems worth looking at in more detail.

This post is in edit-thanks if you have opinions please  leave comments, i always reply.

Straw Dogs:Rape depiction in films- work in progress.

Added the film Straw Dogs to my YT playlist and noticed one account holder had put an edit point in his comment, linked to the start of the infamous rape scene. It didn't shock me so much , that someone was advising others to masturbate to a violent rape, but it  was synchronous. The film, and a lot of Penkinpah's work opened up discussion on violence and censorship.

In Straw Dogs a young couple leave London for Cornwall, where the woman was brought up. Conflict with a group of local men end in a brutal rape and violence.

It was remade in 2011.
I have yet to see the remake and i saw the original years ago, so i shall re watch, and begin a discussion on this topic.


Below is a series of short interviews with the various actors from 'Straw Dogs', in which the sexual violence is discussed.