Can a movie change the world?
In my lead post I mentioned violence as one topic, out of many possible topics, for which the relationships between movies and behavior have been extensively researched.
The MPAA ratings board has put another such relationship into the news by suggesting that tobacco use in movies may become grounds for an R rating. The American Academy of Pediatrics doesn't think the MPAA is hardcore enough. They recommend a required "R rating for all new films portraying smoking (unless they show smoking by a real historical figure who actually smoked)."*
I'm interested in the relationship between movies and the values that support civil society. Does it matter what you watch? How does it matter?
Violence and tobacco are two realms for which the question of the relationship between watching and doing has been researched. Can I generalize? What other specific topics have been researched?
*Does this mean that even a film like Ross McElwen's "Bright Leaves" would get an R rating? Doesn't that strike the general intelligent person as a generally stupid thing to do? I haven't seen the movie yet, but I've been meaning to since the time I read this review.
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