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Originally Posted by graydzero To play devil's advocate, a great number of the old western movies that are now classic employed a huge amount of cruelty to the horses and yet because it is not explicitly portrayed, it has the veneer and sheen of everything being "ok", this being before the days of regulation in regard to animals on film sets, when a horse was tripped up by a strung lasso, this was not a special effect, a horse would have actually been tripped up, often times these animals would break their legs and have to be put down. |
And when the BBFC are aware of horse tripping, they cut it. Quite a few of the old westerns have been trimmed by the BBFC.
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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs If I had a criminal record, I'd like it to be something as weird, wonderful and interesting is that! |
Well...ahem...I was arrested at Stonehenge '85 for trying to start an illegal rock festival. Me and two mates....and we didn't even have any instruments! LOL!
But I digress...