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  • Copycat: Killer Re-Enacted Violent Film

    04/19/2007 11:02:17 AM PDT · by george76 · 27 replies · 1,024+ views
    Sky News ^ | April 19, 2007
    Police investigating the Virginia Tech killings are looking at whether Cho Seung-Hui was copying parts of a violent film when he murdered 32 people. Officers believe he repeatedly watched Oldboy as part of his preparation for the killing spree. The film, which won the Grand Prix award at the 2004 Cannes film festival, has been described as "an ultra-violent movie of obsession and revenge". It contains stylised scenes of killings and an attempted suicide, and is filled with what one critic called "punishing emotional violence".
  • Professor Had Expelled Gunman From Class

    04/18/2007 10:26:20 PM PDT · by george76 · 46 replies · 1,539+ views
    The Associated Press ^ | Apr 18 | ALLEN G. BREED
    Nearly two years earlier,( Nikki ) Giovanni had stood up to Cho Seung-Hui ... He wore sunglasses to class and pulled his maroon knit cap down low over his forehead. When she tried to get him to participate in class discussion, his answer was silence. "Sometimes, students try to intimidate you," ... "And I just assumed that he was trying to assert himself." But then female students began complaining about Cho. About five weeks into the semester, students told Giovanni that Cho was taking photographs of their legs and knees under the desks with his cell phone. She told him...