#250

The BBFC guy was probably James Ferman. He actually largely stopped the practice of cutting films (although he was happy to work with film makers to tell them what they needed to do to get a desired certificate). He got more ‘liberal’ as he went on, starting from the outright banning of so-called video nasties to eventually being forced out of office by Jack Straw for allowing the release of certain hardcore pornographic films.

I remember seeing a conversation with him at the BFI. He was an interesting guy, whose approach was to allow anything that wasn’t actively forbidden. He also started the practice of the BBFC periodically asking the public for its opinion on what sort of things should be allowed. This led at one point to a clampdown on Kung Fu weaponry in kiddie films.

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#251

IIRC it was a cross the board ban on nunchucks regardless of rating for some police reason. Also why in theUK it was Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.

#252

The Sun headline: Chewbacc-phwoar

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#253
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#254

HOT TAKE INCOMING:

Raw is just a poor man’s Company Of Wolves

#255

I saw this as a teen and stuff but this is the very first time I’ve read that title and realised probably ‘The Company of Wolves’ would be as in ‘enjoying the company of wolves’ rather than referring to a group of wolves in the slightly outdated, military sense of ‘a company’.

#256

Screenings are back on

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#257

Animated film The Mitchells vs the Machines is now on Netflix and has good reviews

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#258

as is Shirley, which also has good reviews

#259

Oh yeah, I just meant this is a brand new film

I wasn’t a big fan of Shirley though it’s certainly interesting seeing Michael Stuhlbarg playing an evil version of his Call Me By Your Name character

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#260

Shirley was very very dull imo

#261

& @roastthemonaspit

Oh, I was hoping that it was going to be good

#262

In fairness it got good reviews, so worth judging for yourself

#263

I’m looking forward to this just because of it having some of the Gravity Falls team involved.

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#265

Lots of people in the replies pointing out that Apatow didn’t say that, and that he really liked Parasite.

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#266

I did not realise that, I often try to avoid reading replies on Twitter

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#267

Very weird article yeah

Seems like the original quote from Apatow would have been

Judd Apatow told me that the Best Picture Oscar nominations irked him, because they’re all dramas, and all dramas are a lie. There’s a war, or a cancer. The characters react to these tragedies by yelling, crying, moping, and never making any jokes. Which is not how people act during war or cancer. It’s how people who have never experienced trauma assume they’ll act.

and because the article is about utilising humour and how best to do it, he’s altered the quote to match ‘The Rule of Three’:

You set up a pattern with two items, and add a third that doesn’t fit. For instance, the third time your editor asks you to put in a paragraph about the rule of three, you listen, process, and write that bit about Parasite.

I mean…

#268

@moderators - please lock this thread, thanks

New thread here:

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