bullshit, the movie isn’t banned. clever marketing for a trash film though…
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This is what Wikipedia says:
“According to Boll, the film was denied an age certification in Germany for promoting vigilantism, effectively banning it from wide distribution.[12][13] The film has not been put on the “Index”, making it legal to own or sell to adults.”
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Exactly, it just din’t get an age rating. And theaters could screen it, they just chose to avoid it (hard to fill a theater with only adults and also market yourself as a family friendly place of entertainment). But it’s easy of course to play victim and use that to sell the film in certain circles.
But what does this mean exactly:
“the film was denied an age certification in Germany for promoting vigilantism, effectively banning it from wide distribution.”
Is a wide distribution not possible, or frustrated, when a film is denied an age rating? I had never heard of that before and as far as I know this regulation does not exist in Holland or Belgium. In that case it could be a smart way to harm a movie’s chances on the market.
I don’t know if it’s still the case, but in the past a film that was not submitted to the inspection committee in Holland, automatically got an ‘18 rating’. I remember that a film featuring Sylvia Kristel (I guess everybody knows who she is, and what she was famous for - no, not her voice) was rated ‘14’. This was a shock to the producers, who thought nobody would be interested in a movie starring La Kristel that had an ‘14 certificate’, so they withdrew the movie from the rating committee, so it automatically was rated ‘18’.
It’s basically just not age rated. Here are the age ratings it could get, now no matter what you think of the film on its own merits, chances of it being allow for any kid starting at age 18 are low. There are not ratings above an 18 rating, so films like these just don’t get one.
That doesn’t make it banned, it just means it does not have an official age rating. That makes it poison theater chains won’t touch, but calling that ‘effectively banned’ is a bit of a stretch, since just because nobody wants to screen it doesn’t mean nobody is allowed to… and from all the ruckus the movie receives it doesn’t seem to be hurting its popularity among some folks.
Just saw this trash, had higher hopes for it
but a few scenes are rather remarkable
Peter Alexander movies on TV… Those were the days …
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (on Netflix).
A satisfying way to finally end the Tommy Shelby era of a series I’ve loved since 2013.
The sequel series is now filming and will be set in the early 1950’s.
A bunch of British films from 1957
Ill Met by Moonlight (Powell / 6/10)
The One That Got Away (Baker / 6/10)
Brothers in Law (Boulting / 6/10)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (Lean / 7/10)
The Abominable Snowman (Guest / 6/10)
Quatermas 2 (Guest / 7/10)
The Curse of Frankenstein (Fisher 8/10)
1957 was a pretty seismic year for Hammer. Frankenstein changed everything
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that music!
A pretty decent bunch of 1957 westerns.
Decision at Sundown (Boetticher / 7/10)
The Tall T (Boetticher / 8/10)
3:10 to Yuma (Daves / 9/10)
Night Passage (Neilson / 6/10)
Gunfight at the OK Corral (Sturges / 7/10)
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Babyteeth (2019, Shannon Murphy)
What is this? A tear-jerker? A coming-of-age drama? If it’s a coming-of-age drama, it’s one about a 15-year old girl named Milla who knows she’ll never reach adult age: she was recently diagnosed with cancer and now falls head-over-heals in love with 23 years-old Moses, an addicted little rascal who is capable of anything to satisfy his unhealthy needs (including breaking into Milla’s parents’ house). At first Milla’s parents don’t want this rascal around their daughter, but when they notice that Milla comes alive in his presence and realize that it is probably the only love she will have in her life, they make an unusual decision…
Babyteeth was the first feature length movie of this director; it’s not perfect, but the story is so touching and performances are so incredibly strong that you easily forget its shortcomings. Ben Mendelsohn is very good as the father and Eliza Scanlon is heartwarming as young Milla (even if she looks a bit too healthy for the part), but it’s the relatively unknown Toby Wallace who steals the show as the no-good street punk who turns out to have a heart. Recommended.
**** out of 5
- Perry: The Swimmer 8/10
- Soinio: Kuutamosonaatti 6/10
- Hark: Dao The Blade 8/10
- Knight: Masters of the Universe (cinema) 7/10
- Dmytryk: Broken Lance 7/10
- Di Leo: Manhunt 8/10
- Pollack: Jeremiah Johnson 8/10
- Skolimowksi: Eo 6/10
- Yamamoto: Belladonna of Sadness 6/10
- Kennedy: Support Your Local Sheriff 6/10
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Finally got the 88films blu-ray release of the last of Jackie Chan’s Lo Wei movies, 1978’s Magnificent Bodyguards, I first saw this on dodgy Tranglobal VHS in 1986, will never be a great… or even… good Chan flik, but it’s enjoyable schlock with good choreography
Also got hold of his recent The Shadows Edge, pretty good for a newer HK/China film
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I watched the version with the included 3D glasses and it was pretty fun. I find most of Lo Wei’s Jackie films pretty boring but this one was actually really fun.
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A handful from 1957 including a couple of very good ones.
The Rico Brothers (Karlson / 7/10)
Sweet Smell of Success (MacKendrick / 9/10)
Paths of Glory (Kubrick / 9/10)
The Garment Jungle (Sherman / 6/10)
Bitter Victory (Ray / 6/10)
The Garment Jungle was originally directed in Kiss-Me-Deadly-style by Robert Aldrich, and only finished by Sherman. I can easily see which scenes were shot by whom.
Yes, Aldrich was the original director and it seems no one can agree how much of the final film was his. He insisted 70% others say 30% at best. Either way it didn’t end up being the film he had started. An enjoyable watch but could have been much better
Saw this one in theaters on Friday. I won’t spoil anything but I will say that I recommend seeing it and the nearly three-hour runtime didn’t seem to drag one bit.
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Saw it yesterday and it was fantastic. One of those films you HAVE to see in the cinema. The sound is incredible.