The Personal Development of Arnold Schwarzenegger and How He Changed from a Killing Machine to a Family Man with Moral Values by Dominik Lorenz (Paperback / softback, 2011)
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, University of Freiburg, course: Proseminar (Terrorism in Hollywood Movies), 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Christian Metz stated that a film is difficult to explain because it is easy to understand. (qtd. in Buckland & Elsaesser: 1). I will analyse the film Collateral Damage, directed by Andrew Davis, in terms of its context and how it is portrayed technically. My aim is to show Arld Schwarzenegger's development, how Collateral Damages represents a turning point in the history of action movies Arld took part in, and how he has changed from a muscle shirt wearing daredevil and killing machine to a family man with moral values. Therefore, I will start to look at a couple of important action movies in which Arld Schwarzenegger plays a leading role and after that, I will compare the differences of the former Arld and the Arld we see in Collateral Damage. To realise this, I will focus on Schwarzenegger's behaviour and the way, Andrew Davis represents the fire-fighter and his emotions. In the end, I will give a short conclusion regarding Arld's rise from rags to riches and how he represents an irreplaceable icon t only in the history of action movies during the last three decades. Everybody kws the Australian guy 'Arnie' alias Arld Schwarzenegger. The first role in the movie Hercules in New York owes Arld his career as a bodybuilder and his ermous size. Released in 1970, Arld - at this time kwn as Arld Strong - plays a mythological toga clad Hercules. Arld takes part in a weight-lifting competition; he becomes a wrestler, rides his chariot through Times Square, descends into hell and gets mixed up with gangsters. In contrast to Collateral Damage, Arthur Allan Seidelman, the director of Hercules in New York, focuses on Schwarzenegger's muscle mass. In 1982, John Milius creates the