The film doesn't explore one question , which is , why at all have a taboo around NC-17 ? WHy cant they get a wider rele
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k_28 — 13 years ago(September 26, 2012 11:57 PM)
The film doesn't explore one question , which is , why at all have a taboo around NC-17 ? WHy cant they get a wider release and publicity like normal films? There were films like Clockwork Orange or Tango in Paris which were rated X (eq of NC-17) and still got wider release , then why cant now?
If Stanley Kubrick wud have been alive , he would never have accepted any cuts to Eyes wide Shut , what wud Studios have done in that case? Its understandable that some films are meant for "adult" audience even a film like 2001 Space Odyssey , no one below 17 can ever understand or film like American Pyscho is tend to be misunderstood so having a rating which dont create a stigma around them is required NC-17 typically gives impression of porno and this is very very wrong !! -
Multiglobal — 13 years ago(December 27, 2012 08:04 AM)
You gave the answer to your question in the the final sentence. A Clockwork Orange and Midnight Cowboy were automatically dropped to R-ratings after the porn industry started to plagiarize the X, and made it associated with them. Since then, the MPAA has been using the X or NC-17 as an excuse to censor films or just telling a director that "we don't like you".
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Tobey — 12 years ago(May 03, 2013 05:53 PM)
Anybody still looking for opinions on this?
When the ratings were first established the X designation was given to movies like Midnight Cowboy and the system was working the way it was designed. At some point the porn industry started using XXX, which had nothing to do with the MPAA ratingg but tainted the original X rating. One of the main issues was that newspapers would not advertise movies rated X because of the perceived connection to pornography.
This went on for years and the only change made to the ratings system was the addition of PG-13 because of reaction to some releases, Gremlins and Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom being often mentioned.
With film makers pushing the envelope further, primarily with nudity and sex, the MPAA introduced NC-17 and got rid of the X rating all together. The problem is that the media, newspapers in particular, still wouldn't carry the ads and theaters, especially in "Middle America" would be boycotted if they showed them. This was the time when newspapers were still the primary source for finding out where and when a picture was playing. Now my opinion is that the vocal minority that did this want to be the prude police for the country. IMHO they are also the ones always crying for government to get out of our lives but they want to dictate what everyone else can see in the theater and do in the bedroom.
Now that newspapers are not as important to movie advertising we might see a change. We might not see the ads on television but with the web and apps for movie times we can see NC-17 films listed. -
rorystevens — 12 years ago(May 15, 2013 10:07 PM)
The problem is, even if you find out about an NC-17 movie via the web and apps for movie times, you're only going to be able to see it if you live in a major city that has artsy, independent theaters, which don't exist in smaller towns. The major theater chains won't play NC-17 films.
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TheBeardedWonder — 12 years ago(September 28, 2013 12:40 PM)
Yes, and it made a total of $3mil in domestic theaters, but $17mil in foreign. You just proved THIS movies point. How about when Hatchet 2 avoided the MPAA entirely and was put out in an unrated format in theaters, only to be pulled after a day or two across the US and Canada? Clearly the MPAA was sending a message to the director: avoid us and you're film will be pulled!
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