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Originally Posted by Boo Radley  And......does that not mean cut by the BBFC? If I put forward a film requesting a 15 and the BBFC demand it be cut to achieve it, then they are forcing me to abridge my film, cutting it to their order. They have cut a film not classified it, that makes them censors not classifiers, full stop. |
From my perspective, the BBFC have told a distributor what material would be acceptable for a 12A certificate and what would be permitted for a 15. If the distributor decides to leave the film as it is and have it released with a 15 certificate, all the BBFC have done is advised about classification, not forced any cuts to be made. If the distributor chooses to make changes to the film in order to secure a lower certificate (and therefore a larger audience), the censoring has been done by the distributor and not the BBFC, who have merely classified the film.