Biofreak70
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Ok, I like a good zombie movie from time to time, but this is too much. But even though I want nothing to do with this movie, I still think it is wrong to ban a film...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.db0e3a510e837b22648b1cac367c137d.1e1&show_article=1
| Quote : | "A "gay zombie porn" flick which shows aliens engaging in necrophilia has been pulled from Australia's biggest film festival after being rejected by censors, organisers said Tuesday.
"L.A. Zombie", which also features homosexual sex and full-frontal male nudity, is the first film in seven years to be banned from screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival, which starts on July 22.
Festival director Richard Moore told The Age newspaper he had received a letter from censors rejecting the film by Canadian director Bruce LaBruce.
Described by Moore as a "video art zombie film", "L.A. Zombie" stars French porn actor Francois Sagat as a man convinced he is an alien zombie sent to Earth to roam the streets of Los Angeles in search of dead bodies and gay sex.
Australia's film classification board said the movie had been denied an exemption from classification, not banned as Moore had claimed.
An exemption would have allowed the film to be shown at the festival, but board director Donald McDonald said he had concluded, from the film's synopsis and the director's previous classification history, that "L.A Zombie" was not suitable for screening.
"In the opinion of the director, the film, if classified, would be classified X18+ or RC (refused classification) and, in this circumstance, the law requires the director to refuse an exemption," McDonald said in a statement to AFP.
Films may not be screened publicly unless they are classified, while classifications of X18+ or RC prevent a film from being shown in most public cinemas.
Moore has defended the festival's attempt to show the film, telling public broadcaster ABC that people have a right to judge it for themselves.
"They know they're not gonna go and see Fantasia or Bambi," said Moore.
"L.A. Zombie" will have its world premiere next week in Locarno, Switzerland.
Last year's festival drew protests from China and had its website hacked over the decision to show "Ten Conditions of Love", a biopic of Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer. " |
those crazy canadians...
[Edited on July 22, 2010 at 11:28 AM. Reason : b] 7/22/2010 11:25:40 AM
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