Pgenre -- exactly. THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED is just a simple beginning examination into the issue of the MPAA's hypocrisy.
If you don't have an issue with a simple cut of one word, or one scene, or one edit of a sex scene -- then I think there is something wrong with your take on artistry. EVERYTHING in art is intentional. This is also to say that everything in art is NOT 100% formulated in advance. Still, the director's cut is intentional. After that, it is up to the producers/studios/MPAA to take the director's work and alter it for audiences.
In my opinion, the director's cut is how all films should be presented. If an organization wants to pre-screen films and list what type of "inappropriate content" is included, be my guest. But they should NOT have the power to alter it. For example, Julie Taymor had issues in the editing process with ACROSS THE UNIVERSE which caused the film to be delayed for MONTHS (if not YEARS!). The film almost never saw the light of day. The film almost lost Julie Taymor a director's credit as she threatened to withdraw after the studios forced her to make some cuts. Apparently, Taymor's version of the film includes 20-40 more minutes' worth of footage which were cut from the film. Now, in MY opinion, the film we all know is already long and I think "The Benefit of Mr. Kite" should have been cut. But that's my opinion. It SHOULDN'T be cut because Taymor believes it is essential to the film, and who am I to alter her creation?? I am an AUDIENCE. I choose whether to like or dislike her creation. If I wanted to create art, I would do so on my own.
Ugh... I'm running off on tangents and not saying what I truly want to say.
People say all the time "is that language really necessary? MUST they drop an f-bomb? MUST they show that penis? MUST they show a leg getting blown off and blood pouring out?" I say YES! YES! YES!...IF it is purposeful.
That 12-year old mentioned previously in this thread dropping an F-bomb in the grocery store -- that's how he really talks. That's the way many people talk. So in film/theatre/television/radio...they feature real characters who talk like real people.
People are so uptight about language and nudity. If we just stop associating these things as something negative, it won't be such a big deal. Get over it. "Fcuk you!" and "Screw you!" mean the same thing, why does it matter which word you say?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
avid Mamet::Cough). However, with AOC, each and every bit of bad language worked for the moment. You felt as though that was exactly how those characters would be speaking.
