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nauru
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Angry white guy

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In the spirit of United States primary/election season, I thought it would be nice to revisit some "angry white guy" films. This rather specific genre typically stars a well-spoken middle class white male, who is angry with the world around him and just loses it. Often there's some traumatic event which sets him on the path to vent his cumulative frustrations in spectacularly antisocial ways.

Examples:

1. Falling Down (1993)

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From IMDb: "A borderline personality disordered defense worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them."

2. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

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From IMDb: "A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal."

In a sense this collection could be interpreted as a subset of the vigilante genre. However to me FALLING DOWN is the best example of an Angry White Guy film because unlike LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, he isn't actually seeking justice for himself. He's just had it, and he snaps. He takes it out on the people around him who he knows have no direct link to his own problems.

Can you think of any others? Other than Taxi Driver...

PS anyone know how to make the images work in this post? :)
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Re: Angry white guy

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Gladiator

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Full Metal Jacket (first third anyway)

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Inglorious Basterds
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Are you trying to use photos from your computer files, because I don't think that works here.

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Re: Angry white guy

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Thanks

I'm just using the Img button at the top, and pasting an imgur link.

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To show images properly you have to include the .jpeg, .png or whatever at the end. So rather than http://i.imgur.com/7kiDNZQ you have to post http://i.imgur.com/7kiDNZQ.gif.

The simplest way to do this is to right-click, select "copy image address' and then paste it here between the [img] thingy.

That said:

12 Angry Men (1957):
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Other films with angry white guys: Patton (1970), Prisoners (2013), First Blood (1982), The Shining and I Stand Alone.

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Network has to be the most iconic example.

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nauru wrote:In the spirit of United States primary/election season, I thought it would be nice to revisit some "angry white guy" films. This rather specific genre typically stars a well-spoken middle class white male, who is angry with the world around him and just loses it. Often there's some traumatic event which sets him on the path to vent his cumulative frustrations in spectacularly antisocial ways.

Examples:

1. Falling Down (1993)

Image

From IMDb: "A borderline personality disordered defense worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them."

2. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

Image

From IMDb: "A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal."

In a sense this collection could be interpreted as a subset of the vigilante genre. However to me FALLING DOWN is the best example of an Angry White Guy film because unlike LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, he isn't actually seeking justice for himself. He's just had it, and he snaps. He takes it out on the people around him who he knows have no direct link to his own problems.

Can you think of any others? Other than Taxi Driver...

PS anyone know how to make the images work in this post? :)

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Re: Angry white guy

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nauru wrote:In the spirit of United States primary/election season, I thought it would be nice to revisit some "angry white guy" films. This rather specific genre typically stars a well-spoken middle class white male, who is angry with the world around him and just loses it. Often there's some traumatic event which sets him on the path to vent his cumulative frustrations in spectacularly antisocial ways.

Examples:

1. Falling Down (1993)

Image

From IMDb: "A borderline personality disordered defense worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them."

2. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

Image

From IMDb: "A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal."

In a sense this collection could be interpreted as a subset of the vigilante genre. However to me FALLING DOWN is the best example of an Angry White Guy film because unlike LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, he isn't actually seeking justice for himself. He's just had it, and he snaps. He takes it out on the people around him who he knows have no direct link to his own problems.

Can you think of any others? Other than Taxi Driver...

PS anyone know how to make the images work in this post? :)


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