ywood director, takes the opposite view of Roten and states that Hollywood is to blame for the attacks of September 11. He believes that movies are the building blocks that influence viewers and they pave the way for viewers to emulate what they have seen portrayed in movies. In this case, Altman believes that violent Hollywood movies did influence terrorists to carry on with the atrocities of 9-11. Altman was quoted as saying that:
             The movies set the pattern, and these people have copied the movies...Nobody would have thought to commit an atrocity like that (the attack on the World Trade Centers) unless they'd seen it in a movie. (Roten 280)
             However, as stated earlier, such an attack dealing with the hijacking of four jets at once to attack New York and Washington simultaneously has never been in any Hollywood movie at any time, th
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