SHAM031/SHAM201 - Cannibal Holocaust: The BBFC Advice & Decision

[Sarah@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Pete

Full detailed explanation of the bbfc's decision has been posted on their site:

Title « British Board of Film Classification

Thanks for posting this, Pete!

[necroluciferia]

Originally Posted by Pete

Full detailed explanation of the bbfc's decision has been posted on their site:

Title « British Board of Film Classification

That's a very extensive explanation for the BBFC website, and think it's fair to say they have considered things very thoroughly. The point about the tarantula being acceptable to kill on screen as it is an invertebrate interested me - I hadn't thought about that, but was a similar case with the squid scene in Oldboy. Not sure I agree that the film could be construed as 'racist', I think the fact it portrays the natives as being very much victimised by the Yanks (as pointed out in the write-up) shows the film to be quite the opposite.

The 2001 decision to cut these scenes was primarily the result of the disgusting and exploitative nature of the sequences, as well as the history of the film as a DPP-listed 'video nasty', rather than the result of a strict application of BBFC policy.

Think that's almost certainly true, and refreshing to see the BBFC admit to this! Overall, I think even with 15 seconds of cuts, this a pretty big step forward for the BBFC

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

There's some fascinating reading there although, if you haven't seen the film, I'd avoid it as there are major plot spoilers. It will be of great interest to those who have an academic or keen interest in film censorship.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Ok folks, what am I not seeing on the BBFC site? I can't find this detailed explanation.

[robertzombie]

Same here :S

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

Ok folks, what am I not seeing on the BBFC site? I can't find this detailed explanation.

It's been removed for some reason.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Pete

It's been removed for some reason.

Cheers Pete. Very strange.

[platostotal]

i'll third that, tho i'm on my phone so might need full browser, but as manuel would say "I see nothing" or "que?".

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

How odd -- the link used to take it to the site with a blow by blow analysis of the film and the more contentious issues describing why they were left in with an 18 certificate, why a 15 certificate wasn't sufficient and various other discussion points. Perhaps it's been moved or temporarily taken down as the link just redirects to the main Cannibal Holocaust ratings page.

[PaulD]

It wasn't this case study was it?