Actually, the real problem is that these movies have drifted into what I call "the symphony of violence" school, which started out as a valid device (Bonnie and Clyde is perhaps the first example) and is now -- under the guise of a meditation on something or other -- just being used to goose up a film. There is a structural validity to the use of violence as an illuminating dramatic tool (most Greek tragedy), but the current use is just a substitute for the real energy of drama.

Peter T.