'Antichrist' will remain uncut in Britain
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The latest on the controversial Lars von Trier film...
"Censorship board declares no 'harm risk to adults'
LONDON -- It might contain scenes of sex, bloody violence and female self-mutilation, but the British Board of Film Classification said Friday that Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" is OK by them.
The British censor hasn't dusted off its scissors, allowing British distributor Artificial Eye to release the movie uncut with an "18" certificate.
The movie, which stirred controversy after screening In Competition during this year's Festival de Cannes, will go out to British audiences over the age of 18 unscathed.
BBFC director David Cooke said: "The film does not contain material which breaches the law or poses a significant harm risk to adults. The sexual imagery, while strong, is relatively brief, and the Board has since 1990 passed a number of works containing such images.' "
Cooke and company shied away from cuts, saying that the censor's lack of intervention on the movie "reflects the principle, strongly endorsed in a number of public consultations, that adults should be free to decide for themselves what to watch or what not to watch, provided it is neither illegal nor harmful."
The BBFC Guidelines for "18" rated works state that the more explicit images of sexual activity will not be allowed unless they can be exceptionally justified by context and the work is not a "sex work" whose primary purpose is sexual arousal.
Said the BBFC: "For these purposes Antichrist is very clearly not a 'sex work.' "
And while the film also includes a scene of genital mutilation, the BBFC Board "knows of no research evidence which suggests that the viewing of this scene would raise a significant risk of harm to adult viewers or to society, or which would otherwise justify intervention."
Curzon Artificial Eye CEO Philip Knatchbull said: "There is no doubt that 'Antichrist' is a controversial film, but it's our duty as a distributor to present the works of talented directors such as Lars von Trier in their original form exactly as the director intended. We fully support the BBFC's decision to allow people to make up their own minds about this film." "
"Censorship board declares no 'harm risk to adults'
LONDON -- It might contain scenes of sex, bloody violence and female self-mutilation, but the British Board of Film Classification said Friday that Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" is OK by them.
The British censor hasn't dusted off its scissors, allowing British distributor Artificial Eye to release the movie uncut with an "18" certificate.
The movie, which stirred controversy after screening In Competition during this year's Festival de Cannes, will go out to British audiences over the age of 18 unscathed.
BBFC director David Cooke said: "The film does not contain material which breaches the law or poses a significant harm risk to adults. The sexual imagery, while strong, is relatively brief, and the Board has since 1990 passed a number of works containing such images.' "
Cooke and company shied away from cuts, saying that the censor's lack of intervention on the movie "reflects the principle, strongly endorsed in a number of public consultations, that adults should be free to decide for themselves what to watch or what not to watch, provided it is neither illegal nor harmful."
The BBFC Guidelines for "18" rated works state that the more explicit images of sexual activity will not be allowed unless they can be exceptionally justified by context and the work is not a "sex work" whose primary purpose is sexual arousal.
Said the BBFC: "For these purposes Antichrist is very clearly not a 'sex work.' "
And while the film also includes a scene of genital mutilation, the BBFC Board "knows of no research evidence which suggests that the viewing of this scene would raise a significant risk of harm to adult viewers or to society, or which would otherwise justify intervention."
Curzon Artificial Eye CEO Philip Knatchbull said: "There is no doubt that 'Antichrist' is a controversial film, but it's our duty as a distributor to present the works of talented directors such as Lars von Trier in their original form exactly as the director intended. We fully support the BBFC's decision to allow people to make up their own minds about this film." "
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EmperorThan
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I totally misunderstood the article from the wording of the title "Antichrist will remain uncut"
My mind was somewhere else. ...wow, just ...wow.
- 2 years ago
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EmperorThan
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SupaDawg
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Any word on an American release? I haven't followed this super close, but i can imagine that the MPAA isn't going to be as friendly.
- 2 years ago
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SupaDawg
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wirehedd
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I'm anxious yet apprehensive about seeing this film. The genital mutilation scene supposedly will give anyone the creeps.
- 2 years ago
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wirehedd
