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Fat Girl banned in Ontario
Catherine Breillat's latest film A Ma Soeur (aka Fat Girl) has been banned for release in Ontario, Canada, despite screening in last September's Toronto Film festival.
Ontario Film Review Board chairman Robert Warren stated:
"We did not approve (the film). There is a scene where a 15-year-old is (shown in) full frontal nudity in a sexual situation and also a 13-year-old girl with partial nudity in a rape scene. This contravenes a section of the Theatres Act."
Noah Cowan of Cowboy Pictures, which is jointly releasing the film with Lions Gate, said the board's decision would be appealed.
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11-14-2001, 09:54 PM
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I haven't seen this film yet, but I think that they are making the right decision. IMO, filmmakers have no right to use children in pornographic/sexual scenes.
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11-14-2001, 10:35 PM
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I haven't seen this film either, but I don't think that sexual scenes involving minors should be an automatic ban...that would depend on the intent of the scene, the context and how the scene is actually depicted in the film.
I can think of a lot of good/great films that would be banned under the same criteria:
Pretty Baby
1900
The Tin Drum
Pixote
L'Adolescente
In a Glass Cage
Luna
Arabian Nights
Kids
even Romeo and Juliet...
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11-14-2001, 11:17 PM
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Quick sidebar: my french is pretty bad, but doesn't "A Ma Soeur" mean "About My Sister"?
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11-15-2001, 07:23 AM
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There's a big difference between 'banned for public performance under the theater act' and 'utterly censored by the gov't.' Lets not get too out of focus here.
I can understand why they don't want images of a 13 year old getting raped playing on public screens. Now, if it turns out they're also banning sales of VHS/DVD or whatever, then I start to have a problem with it.
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11-15-2001, 07:37 AM
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Shayne,
Here in the UK we have the BBFC censoring the films we watch and their policy is actually more strict for home video than for a theatrical release.
Films are often cut for cinema then cut further for video/DVD or sometimes uncut for cinema but cut for the home video release.
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11-15-2001, 08:31 AM
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I read where US law deemed it child pornography, hence illegal, when adult actors are portraying minors whose characters' have nude scenes.
But, the same article (which mentioned The Tin Drum BTW), went to point out how this law is largely ignored, unless the nudity is real pornography, and not just skin shots. The article specifically mentioned a little movie called Titanic. The Kate Winslet portrayal of Rose was only supposed to be 17, remember?
Wouldn't it be an interesting problem if the age of majority for this law universally was not 18? What if it were driven by the age of majority in the period in which the movie takes place? A period piece from the 40s, 50s, or early 60s would have the age of majority as 21.
[Edited last by Hugh Jackes on November 15, 2001 at 09:31 AM]
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11-15-2001, 09:40 AM
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A recent example I'm surprised has not been mentioned:
Thora Birch was 16 or 17 when American Beauty was filmed.
AFAIK, all she needed was her parents permission.
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11-15-2001, 09:49 AM
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If the film uses minors, then it is truly abhorant. If it's a mature, LEGAL adult, then it is just disturbing and should not be banned.
Does anyone know the truth aout the age of the actors?
And don't we all think it's just wrong to "expose" children like this (if they were minors)? How low have we sunk when that is deemed OK?
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11-15-2001, 09:51 AM
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How about Jodie Foster's role in Taxi Driver. It was pretty contraversial in its day, though I suppose it's child's play (no pun intended) comapred to Fat Girl.
[Edited last by Richard Kim on November 15, 2001 at 09:52 AM]
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11-15-2001, 09:55 AM
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my french is pretty bad, but doesn't "A Ma Soeur" mean "About My Sister"?
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Actually, it's "To My Sister" or "My Sister's". It sure sounds a lot better than "Fat Girl". | |
