Sentence examples for violent depictions from inspiring English sources

American filmmaker known for his harsh, often violent depictions of American culture.

BERLIN — Just in time for Richard Wagner's bicentennial this month, a controversy has erupted over a new production of the opera "Tannhäuser" in Düsseldorf because of violent depictions of a Nazi concentration camp in its staging.

Ms. Lockwood particularly objected to "this extreme horror film's subject matter, namely realistic cannibalism; the gruesome and graphically violent depictions described in the screenplay; and the explicit nature of the script".

Roman Polanski's 1971 film version of Macbeth contained many parallels to his personal life in its graphic and violent depictions.

Thomas Clay 26, film director Thomas Clay's first feature, The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael, caused controversy at Cannes in its violent depiction of life in a small English costal town.

Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ" found itself at the center of a firestorm when Jewish groups, angered by his violent depiction of the Crucifixion, complained the movie was anti-Semitic.

But a prospective deal, especially one with broadcast networks sensitive to advertisers, is complicated by the film's violent depiction of the last hours in the life of Jesus and the insistence of Mr. Gibson's Icon Productions that the film be shown in its entirety and without editing of its graphic content.

The music video was directed by W.I.Z., and sparked controversy for its violent depiction of a football game between jocks and goths (which some thought exploited the Columbine tragedy).

In a series of strips that one Colorado paper decried as unnecessarily "graphic violent battlefield depictions," B. D. was wounded and lost his lower leg.

The selected audiences who have seen the film defend it as the most moving, reverential -- and violent -- depiction of Jesus' suffering and death ever put on screen.

(Psychologists generally understand "violent pornography" as depictions of rape, coercion or some extreme imbalance of power; the term doesn't specifically, or even necessarily, include B.D.S.M. porn).