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Originally Posted by Mojo  I still can't understand why they cut it in the first place. |
Since the BBFC's policy is to remove images which eroticise or endorse sexual violence there was never any question that the scene was going to be cut. Similar cuts had already been made to several other films eg Iron Fisted Monk, Angel Guts Red Classroom and Angels Wild Women, so if they were going to be consistent then Tombs had to be cut. The BBFC might have accepted the sequence if it was a long shot but a violent rape focusing on forcible breast exposure and groping of breasts shown in lingering close up never really stood a chance at the time. As to whether it would pass now remains to be seen. I wouldn't place any bets on it though.