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I just don't feel the need anymore to see the new 'most extreme movie ever' whenever one comes along. I've read a lot about A Serbian Movie and it's not something that appeals to my tastes, I'm afraid.
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I agree i want to be entertained in my films not disturbed etc. some films i know i dont want to watch but only reason i do is to see what all the fuss is about then sometimes i come away wishing i hadnt, like u said torture porn etc just aint my cup of tea at all |
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I agree with Calum and Daemonia about Serbian, I've seen it because my curiosity got the better of me and the trailer made it look better than it actually was. Yes, it is fairly well made (filmed on an HD Red camera), the lead actor is good, but at the end what was the point of it? I'm all for something being shocking if it has either something to say (it doesn't, if you knew nothing about Serbia before, you will still know nothing come the end) or it's a bit of fun or tongue in cheek (SAW or Hostel) I feel the director is doing this to gain attention and then head to Hollywood to make a remake of something that doesn't need to be remade! A lot of the film makes no sense, like Milos supposedly needing money and his wife saying that they need to move when it seems they live in nice middle class surroundings Plus Vukmir, the shady snuff master, leaves the tapes of what's been filmed just lying around, surely if you were doing something so taboo as snuff porn you'd put it under lock and key. These are just a couple of points that negates the films supposed intelligence. It takes itself too seriously as well, has very little to actually say and you are really only waiting to see what the next gore setpiece is! It paints a bad picture of Serbia too, which by all accounts is a beautiful country. The representaion here is as useless as the image "Hostel" depicts of Slovakia and that "Hannibal" depicts of the late nights street of Florence! Just my 2 cents!
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A film classification wil be more interesting - No VRA! It will be interesting to see on what grounds it will be cut, (the OPA seems unlikely) and exactly how much. A rejection though appears to be out of the question. The last film to suffer extensive cuts at the cinema was Ichi the Killer in 2002. Whether Serbian film would then require further cuts for DVD remains to be seen. Again though highly unlikely I would have thought, this used to be common practise with the BBFC. making cuts on film and then demanding further cuts for video. Not something they really do anymore - Baise Moi being the last example nearly 10 years ago. , |
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The question will be in which light the BBFC sees the film. If they get the artsy-way of the movie they might pass it uncut, if not they might reject it ... and of course cuts could also be made. A lot of possibilities, let's not waste our time on speculation and wait/hope for a positive BBFC rating. |
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If what I've read about the film and the contentious material it contains is true, I'd be very, very surprised if the BBFC pass it uncut. From what I can make out (and I've not seen it, so I'm only going on what I've read and the impressions I get) the central theme of the film is extreme pornography and sexual violence for the camera. With that in mind, the BBFC will have to cut it and tone down the more extreme elements. If they do pass it uncut, I'd like to know why? That is to say, they just cut I Spit On Your Grave by nearly 3 minutes, so they can't do that and then pass the even more distasteful Serbian Film uncut. If they do, I'll really be baffled. Personally, I think it might possibly be another candidate for a rejection.
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The BBFC will only reject a film if it contains wall to wall objectionable material. Sounds to me that Serbian Film is quite cuttable. The distributor will know only too well that the BBFC will cut it so I'm sure they will be prepared for the cuts list.
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I haven't read through all of this topic but a vast majority I have read. Grotesque isn't half as extreme as the rejection makes it seem. Yes, it's gory but not as bad as it sounds. I have the 'unrated' version of it, and to be honest, some of the would-be gory scenes are quite masked, such as the eye gouging, castration, and so on. You don't even see the guy getting castrated, but you do see him getting nails hammered in his ... balls. I'm half and half with the BBFC rejecting it - they could have cut the sexual violence out (forced masturbation, and nipple slicing and stripping) and still have left a vast majority of the movie intact. I assume that's why the CA read "Very strong gory violence" Perhaps they were considering cutting it? But then there's the fact that the movie really has no storyline and focuses solely on two people being mutilated and killed. That is where the movie differs a lot in contrast with Saw or Hostel, or other extreme gory movies the BBFC have passed. I also own the Guinea Pig boxset, and part 1 and 2 of it is in pretty much the same light as Grotesque. Especially part 2. Man captures woman > tortures > mutilates > gory death > ending. So I can't see the first two Guinea Pigs passing, because there's no contextual justification for the violence shown. They both focus more on the torture rather than character development or any other aspects. |
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Serbian Film wasnt great by any stretch and it was over hyped. It was better then August Underground IMO. Not as gory as Mordum I think, SF had the baby scene and the child rape which was its "shock" moments. |
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