Films, television and making a lot of money

I think it's an interesting topic as to how the name Jack the Ripper has become popular within our society especially through use of the media. It seems that as a society we have become almost obsessed with knowing peoples business especially when it comes to murder in the daily news on television/ in newspapers etc. Instead of walking away knowing the fact that someone has been murdered people are adament to know specific details. Maybe to a certain extent we are becoming desensitised to gruesome murders and it may possibly stem right back to the horrific murders that Jack the Ripper committed such a long time ago. Looking back to when the murders had taken place, I think I agree with the point that Cat previously made about him choosing prostitutes as his victims and maybe it was not taken as seriously as it could have been.

I think important points have been raised in the past few lectures on the representation of Jack the Ripper. One of the main points that interested me was how it is represented in film. Everytime I hear the name Jack the Ripper I immediately think of its representation in the film 'From Hell'.



In this particular film he is a surgeon and a highly intelligent individual. From a moneymaking point of view releasing a film on such a popular theme/ topic it is almost certain that it will gain atleast the interest from people who are interested in this particular topic but also there is a wide scope for what type of film you could make including the popular genres of psychological thriller and horror.