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oilgun:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 27, 2013, 12:36:17 pm ---This looks like a movie that might interest us!
Blue is the Warmest Color
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It's supposed to be wonderful and a rare non-controversial winner at Cannes winnning the top prize and the the Fipresci international critics prize.
Too bad Americans won't see the original version in theatres. ;) From IMDb:
At its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the audience was reportedly 'shocked beyond belief' by the graphic sex scenes that take place throughout the course of the movie. Many members of the audience remarked in reviews that the film would 'send shockwaves across the world', and would definitely need to be edited in many countries to attain a certificate.
oilgun:
Another Cannes film we might be interested in is Stranger by the Lake. It won the Queer Palm and its director won the Un Certain Regard direction award.
Review:
http://www.ioncinema.com/reviews/stranger-by-the-lake-review
The two leads:
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: oilgun on May 27, 2013, 07:29:14 pm ---It's supposed to be wonderful and a rare non-controversial winner at Cannes winnning the top prize and the the Fipresci international critics prize.
Too bad Americans won't see the original version in theatres. ;) From IMDb:
At its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the audience was reportedly 'shocked beyond belief' by the graphic sex scenes that take place throughout the course of the movie. Many members of the audience remarked in reviews that the film would 'send shockwaves across the world', and would definitely need to be edited in many countries to attain a certificate.
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Americans are such prudes!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: oilgun on May 27, 2013, 07:29:14 pm ---It's supposed to be wonderful and a rare non-controversial winner at Cannes winnning the top prize and the the Fipresci international critics prize.
Too bad Americans won't see the original version in theatres. ;) From IMDb:
At its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the audience was reportedly 'shocked beyond belief' by the graphic sex scenes that take place throughout the course of the movie. Many members of the audience remarked in reviews that the film would 'send shockwaves across the world', and would definitely need to be edited in many countries to attain a certificate.
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--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 28, 2013, 08:18:22 am ---Americans are such prudes!
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I'm not sure how, or whether, the film will be edited for Americans. But on a global spectrum of national prudishness, Americans are hardly at the far end. Let's keep in mind that there are countries where women can't show their ankles in public. The quote about needing to be edited in many countries may not even have referred to the United States.
Steven Spielberg seemingly expects it will play here as is, just not everywhere.
"I'm not sure it will be allowed to play in every state," Steven Spielberg told journalists Sunday. Spielberg, in his capacity as Cannes jury president, had presented the award, heaping praise on the film and its director, calling it a "great love story."
Sorry, Wyoming.
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-graphic-novel-blue-angel-adapted-cannes-warmest-color-20130527,0,154496.story
oilgun:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on May 28, 2013, 08:51:14 am ---I'm not sure how, or whether, the film will be edited for Americans. But on a global spectrum of national prudishness, Americans are hardly at the far end. Let's keep in mind that there are countries where women can't show their ankles in public. The quote about needing to be edited in many countries may not even have referred to the United States.
Steven Spielberg seemingly expects it will play here as is, just not everywhere.
"I'm not sure it will be allowed to play in every state," Steven Spielberg told journalists Sunday. Spielberg, in his capacity as Cannes jury president, had presented the award, heaping praise on the film and its director, calling it a "great love story."
Sorry, Wyoming.
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-graphic-novel-blue-angel-adapted-cannes-warmest-color-20130527,0,154496.story
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Lets not compare the USA with Iran or Saudi Arabia. Practically all movies that are rated Restricted in the states are rated 13+ in Canada (well Quebec really) so I can just imagine what kind of rating Blue will get in the the US. Unless there's no swearing, of course, lol!
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