 Not surprisingly , Quentin Tarantino has lately become the focus for this sort of criticism ( about the relationship between the movies and acts of violence ) . The fact that Django Unchained arrived in theaters right around the time of the Sandy Hook massacre didn 't help . Yet he has refused to give an inch in discussing the link between movie violence and real life . Obviously I don 't think one has to do with the other . Movies are about make @-@ believe . It 's about imagination . Part of the thing is trying to create a realistic experience , but we are faking it . Is it possible that anyone in our cynical world credits a self @-@ serving sophistry like this ? Of course an industry under fire will claim that its hands are clean , just as the NRA has done – and of course a favorite son , be it Tarantino or LaPierre , can be counted on to make the claim louder than anyone else . But do they really believe that imaginative expression is without consequence ? 
