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Ideology is an ever-present factor in our everyday lives. A good amount of the information we receive is tainted by ideological values. These values, unique to the source of the information are windows or reinforcements on their standings regarding any number of topics. When we receive the information at hand it is then subject our own individual ideological beliefs and values that we hold true. Ideology in film is such a powerful factor that in my opinion it is the biggest factor that should be consider when analyzing the information of the film. When it comes down to it film is a direct result of what someone is "showing" you. What that person is "showing" you is what they want you to see and what they don't want you to see, tainted by their own ideological standings. Oliver Stone's explicit left-wing film Natural Born Killers uses ideologies as an underlying theme being examined by the bi-polar categories of Relative versus Absolute, Secular versus Religious, and Outsiders versus Insiders. In this paper I hope to dissect and explain the bi-polar categories regarding ideology. In the film Natural Born Killers Woody Harrelson
This film also examines the good guy (bad cop) and just how good is that person himself. When watching any film I always keep in mind that it is an art, a form of self-expression reflecting the ideological standings of the one expressing. and Juliette Lewis are Mickey Knox and Mallory Wilson, two young, attractive mass murderers in love in Stone's wild-eyed satire on the American fascination with criminals. Mickey's view is that media is the real demon by exploiting all the death and destruction. Stone' attacks general religious beliefs by showing the contradictions within itself and showing them as just social intuitions. Through the use of bi polar I am better able to recognize and decipher between ideological standings. The point of killing being accepted on ancient religion and looked down upon in most situations in modern religion is brought up. The film portrays Mickey as the angel of death in dialogue mention and comparison throughout the film. Ideology in film is such a powerful factor that in my opinion it is the biggest factor that should be consider when analyzing the information of the film. In comparing the film to the bi-polar category of Secular versus Religious I see it as a left-wing secular approach. The underlying ideological expression of Stone in this film is what I thought made it so powerful. After killing Mallory's loathsome parents, the pair perform a ritual "marriage" and take off on a "honeymoon" killing spree that wipes out 52 people pursued by a bad cop just as criminal. Mickey Knox feels a just in his actions because he sees moral values as merely social conventions. Who has the right to kill and how they exercise that power is another ever present thought.
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