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Lars and the Real Girl: Lifelike Positive Transcendence | |
Ted Remington1  | |
关键词: conflict; nonviolence; film; Galtung; transcendence; | |
DOI : 10.1177/2158244011408346 | |
学科分类:社会科学、人文和艺术(综合) | |
来源: Sage Journals | |
【 摘 要 】
The 2007 film Lars and the Real Girl challenged viewerâs expectations, not simply through its unusual premise (a man having a relationship with a doll), through its consistent refusal to resolve the plotâs various conflicts through verbal or physical violence. Instead, the plot resolves in a way consistent with what peace researcher Johan Galtung has termed positive transcendence, a means of coming to a resolution that meets the needs of all parties. Although the filmâs far-fetched plot makes direct practical application of the charactersâ actions unlikely, the film performs a more important role in helping to expand moviegoersâ âhorizons of expectation.â By prompting its audience to accept an utterly nonviolent, nonconfrontational resolution to the central conflict of the plot, Lars and the Real Girl subverts the notion that satisfying cinematic endings must involve winners and losers. It helps make room for a greater acceptance of nonviolent resolution of problems in popular film.
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