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Originally Posted by vipco  If the animal is gonna be killed anyway, cameras or not, why do the BBFC cut the killing of the bull in bullfight footage.? |
The BBFC can't pass scenes if they have been staged for the film, the killing in Apocalypse Now wasn't staged for the film. Also Bullfighting, like cockfighting and dogfighting is illegall in the UK. Documentary footage of bullfighting would be acceptable.
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Originally Posted by vipco The turtle in Holocaust was a swift death as its head was cut of first, yet the BBFC removed that. Strange. Maybe the fact that Holocaust would be viewed by the working-class and not the arthouse crowd affected that decision .
I wonder if Holocaust was available in subtitled form only would the cuts be any less.? |
No chance. The BBFC's view is quite clear the scene shows a killing that was orchestrated by the film makers and the killing is simply not
swift enough to consider passing the scene.
By the way there isn't one rule for subtitled films and one for non subtitled.