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[Global Network Report, reporter Zhang Xiaoya] The movie "Avatar: The Way of Water" is currently being released. According to news from the British "Independent" and other foreign media on December 28, director James Cameron revealed in his latest interview that he deleted 10 minutes of gun violence scenes from the film.
reported that Cameron explained in an interview with Esquire magazine that he was no longer obsessed with shooting guns in action scenes given the rate of gun violence in the US, "Actually, I cut Dropped about 10 minutes of the shootout. I wanted to get rid of some of the ugliness and find a balance between light and dark."
"Of course you have to have conflict (scenes). Violence and action (drama) are the same thing, depending on How do you think about it." Cameron said, "This is the dilemma that every action film producer will encounter, and I am famous as an action film producer."
"The Independent" mentioned that Cameron also Mentioned in the interview, "I don't know if in today's world, I will still be as obsessed with guns as I was in the " Terminator " series of movies more than 30 years ago. The gun issue in our society makes me turn off."
Cameron also said he was "happy to live in New Zealand " because the country had banned the sale of assault rifles after the horrific shooting a few years ago.
Just a few days ago, some US media released a summary stating that in 2022, gun violence incidents in many communities across the United States will surge, and the overall death rate caused by guns will rise to the highest level in nearly 30 years. The year saw near-record mass-casualty shootings, several of which were allegedly hate-motivated. According to the report, a report by the Administration of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) showed that American gun manufacturers produced more than 11 million guns in 2020, almost three times the number manufactured in 2000. . A survey by the nonpartisan Small Arms Survey estimated that there were about 400 million guns in the United States in 2018 alone, more than the population of the country.
