Thursday, August 17, 2006 03:28:30 AM
NEWS
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
WATCH THE TRAILER
On September 1st, IFC is releasing a film which promises to take a revealing look at how
what we see on the big screen is rated.
This Film Is Not Yet Rated asks whether Hollywood movies and
independent films are rated equally for comparable content; whether
sexual content in gay-themed movies are given harsher ratings penalties
than their heterosexual counterparts; whether it makes sense that
extreme violence is given an R rating while sexuality is banished
to the cutting room floor; whether Hollywood studios receive
detailed directions as to how to change an NC-17 film into an R
while independent film producers are left guessing; and finally,
whether keeping the raters and the rating process secret leave the
MPAA entirely unaccountable for its decisions.
Filmmakers who speak candidly include John Waters (A Dirty Shame),
Kevin Smith (Clerks), Matt Stone (South Park), Kimberly Peirce
(Boys Don't Cry), Atom Egoyan (Where the Truth Lies), Darren Aronofsky
(Requiem for a Dream), Mary Harron (American Psycho), actress Maria Bello
(The Cooler) and distributor Bingham Ray (co-founder, October Films and
former President, United Artists).
In This Film is Not Yet Rated, director Kirby Dick also examines
the most controversial ratings decisions in recent history, as well
as the MPAA's efforts to protect copyright and control culture in
the name of piracy and profit. Ultimately, Dick tries to uncover
Hollywood's best-kept secret: the identities of the ratings board
members themselves. The result is a movie about movies unlike any other movie ever made.
Send this page to a friend
|
