THE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

The consensus, about The History of Violence, from everyone involved, was that it suck arse! David and Margaret apparently loved it.And I am sure Geoff Mayer form La Trobe Cinema department loved it too. Yes the main character conflicts with normal hollywood charcater trajectories. Yes the ending is ambiguous. Yes the exploration of the inextricable link bewteen the American Dream and violence. But it was shit and the whole audience was with us. A very animated night where everyone simultaneously either sighed with frustration, laughed at the melodrama or scouffed with disbelif at how preditcable or retarded the plot twists were.