Christopher WaldeckJapanese film banned on sale in the Uk
August 20th 2009 01:51
We'll it appears that we have another case of torturous entertainment being banned in the UK. No I don't mean Russell Brand I mean the sale and distribution of Grotesque, a Japanese horror DVD that is said to be too extremes for british audiences. Well i guess we know how it's going to do U.S. now don't we?
The British Board of Film Classification said the movie "Grotesque" is just "an unrelenting and escalating scenario of humiliation, brutality, and sadism."
It says that the movie's nonstop scenes of torture -including amputation, castration, and evisceration make it so terrible and impossible to edit the film for any British viewers.
The decision by the board had just mad it illegal to sell or distribute the film anywhere in britain which sucks because Britain's usually a place someone would go to get films that we're band in the united States oh well i guess it's back to Amazon.
This just goes to show you why we can't have free viewership anywhere in the world. there's always someone set in charge of regulating what you get to see and hear. The United States could try to deny this and so could any country, but if it remains this way with movies than lord knows what else could be banned. I wish there was a place where we could rely on deregulation in the film industry rather than watching what others tell us is acceptable. I mean if they were to ban something they might as well ban all products that are actually damaging to one's mental mindset and train of thought and values. You know those rap videos and recycled commercialized garbage that we're forced to endure every time we turn on the radio and turn on television. That garbage is allowed to be filtered in yet a movie like this isn't. Well I'm not saying that torture isn't demoralizing either, but if the film actually turns out to be good and have meaning to it without doing the same thing as every other American horror film or any other horror film I think the film should get a shot.
However, in today's hypocrisy of manufactured freedom we are subject to what we can watch and what we can't watch in any country not just Britain. This film has had lots of buzz over it's violence and violence is a growing problem, but if the violence has any meaning or is trying to put over a point I believe that it should be green lit. We should be allowed to decide for ourselves rather than others deciding it for us.
Well at least we know that there will be no remake which is always a good thing.
The British Board of Film Classification said the movie "Grotesque" is just "an unrelenting and escalating scenario of humiliation, brutality, and sadism."
It says that the movie's nonstop scenes of torture -including amputation, castration, and evisceration make it so terrible and impossible to edit the film for any British viewers.
The decision by the board had just mad it illegal to sell or distribute the film anywhere in britain which sucks because Britain's usually a place someone would go to get films that we're band in the united States oh well i guess it's back to Amazon.
This just goes to show you why we can't have free viewership anywhere in the world. there's always someone set in charge of regulating what you get to see and hear. The United States could try to deny this and so could any country, but if it remains this way with movies than lord knows what else could be banned. I wish there was a place where we could rely on deregulation in the film industry rather than watching what others tell us is acceptable. I mean if they were to ban something they might as well ban all products that are actually damaging to one's mental mindset and train of thought and values. You know those rap videos and recycled commercialized garbage that we're forced to endure every time we turn on the radio and turn on television. That garbage is allowed to be filtered in yet a movie like this isn't. Well I'm not saying that torture isn't demoralizing either, but if the film actually turns out to be good and have meaning to it without doing the same thing as every other American horror film or any other horror film I think the film should get a shot.
However, in today's hypocrisy of manufactured freedom we are subject to what we can watch and what we can't watch in any country not just Britain. This film has had lots of buzz over it's violence and violence is a growing problem, but if the violence has any meaning or is trying to put over a point I believe that it should be green lit. We should be allowed to decide for ourselves rather than others deciding it for us.
Well at least we know that there will be no remake which is always a good thing.
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