Alex Chandler - Three Paragraphs

The film industry has a moral responsibility to the citizens of the USA that they have been abusing. Film producers, and everyone who forms the story line, and decides what is shown has some moral responsibility to the viewers, and in the case of American films, the citizens of the USA. It has become too widely accepted, and shown in film that illegal drug use is okay, consisting of all; underage drinking, marijuana, and drug use in general. Motion pictures have an impact on everyone, and when they contain this content showing it as okay, they are allowing addicts to believe it is okay, and others to become curious, to become the future addicts.

Many producers are indeed able to show improper morals in a way that motivates others to become better people. A more recent hit and example of this is by the film director Darren Aronofsky in his Requiem for a Dream (written by Hubert Selby Jr). This film will turn your insides outward, there are many scenes that will have you turning away from the movie screen, and by the end you will clap because of a job well done, but you will hope to your god that you never have to watch the film again. It is a powerful representation of how the portrayal of poor life choices should be shown in film: brutally honest.

YouTube sets a good example of a film policy rule. YouTube has guidelines for what can be uploaded and published to their site, and they do not allow anything illegal to be uploaded, otherwise it can be flagged and removed (they specifically state underage drinking, and illegal drug use). If this were a regulation implemented in the film industry it might seem slightly ridiculous to the ears of the modern generation growing up with the constant surrounding of these types of films. There would be appropriate exceptions, consisting of documentaries and educational films.