great_badir
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Joined: 6/10/2005 From: A breaking rope bridge in the middle of the jungle
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ORIGINAL: Leightwinst the delay in releasing Reservoir Dogs because of it's extreme violence, which whilst violent in very few scenes, is nowhere near as violent as recent releases such as 'Machete' or the last 'Rambo' film. The Reservoir Dogs delay was actually down to new legislation passed by the then government (albeit legislation that James "Booooo" Ferman helped draw up) - the BBFC had actually already given it an 18 with no cuts when it was first submitted for home video release, but they could not legally allow it to be released until it had gone through the mill of the new legislation. quote:
However, the BBFC allowed the release of 'A Serbian Film' last year with over 4 minutes removed from it. I'd rather not reveal the plot (and again nor have I seen it nor have any desire too) but when you compare this to 'The Human Centipede 2', I see little or no difference between the two films. In fact, A Serbian Film would be the one of the two I'd least like to see. I think the point there is that A Serbian Film is actually a serious commentary on the misfortunes of an oppressed country. Since Ferman left, the BBFC have always been kind and easy on films that make a serious point, regardless of how extreme they are. The problem with A Serbian Film (having read an in depth synopsis) is that several scenes break UK law, hence their removal. I daresay that, in this case, the BBFC would actually probably prefer to release the film fully uncut, but UK law prevents them from doing so. Now, with HC2, I don't think anyone is under any illusion that it's just an extreme horror film with not much to say on anything, other than showing what can be done with special effects to make things look proper real and nasty (Tom Six has pretty much admitted this himself). Now that argument is obviously slightly skewed when you throw the likes of Saw and Hostel into the mix - until someone on this forum sees HC2 uncut, I guess we can't really say what the difference there is. quote:
gaining access to it will be as easy as watching the latest reality star's racy home video or seeing which pop star has been hoovering some of Persia's finest up their nose. This is exactly why HC2 will not gather the same mythology as the likes of Clockwork Orange (remember - that one was down to Kubrick himself), The Exorcist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Cannibal Holocaust. Because anyone will be able to buy HC2 fully uncut quite legally from another country in, probably, a few months, the fuss will quickly die down. And then one or more forum members will see it, probably say it's shit, and we'll all carry on. With torture porn still coming out and being okayed by the BBFC without cuts and Kick-Ass being given only a 15 (with the BBFC slapping down most complaints about it as sheer idiocy), I think it's unfair to say that we are in the early stages of Ferman Mk2.
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