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Old 28th August 2020, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs View Post
They haven't given up on censorship it's just that today's movies are too lame to even think about cutting.

A Serbian Film and The Human Centipede were cut to hell and created press outcries so nothing has changed it's just that cinema has become too PC and lost all it's cutting edge.
No, not saying it went altogether, just that the guidelines were severely relaxed.

You have used two extreme examples to illustrate a point. No one would have even contemplated making movies like that in the 80s - not even Deodata/Lenzi would have contemplated those concepts.

Compared to pre-1999 most films get through unscathed and many previously banned/cut have been reinstated. Not saying it is censorship free just that it is many times more relaxed than before.

Agreed that many producers are practicing self-censorship to gain lower ratings. But even within the rating system there has been relaxation. For example would films like Kick-Ass really have gotten a 15 certificate in 1995? 18 cert at best and probably cut too.
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