 Update
for R18s butchered by the censors in July 2008
July: 20 R18s cut out of 72 (28%)
August:
The
R18 cuts stats 2008:
- January: 23 R18s cut out of 71 (32%)
- February: 28 R18s cut out of 90 (31%)
- March: 29 R18s cut out of 97 (30%)
- April: 30 R18s cut out of 98 (30%)
- May: 22 R18s cut out of 72 (30%)
- June: 17 R18s cut out of 92 (18%)
- July: 20 R18s cut out of 72 (28%)
Monthly award for the most nonsensical censorship:
BAD LADS GO BAREBACK
The BBFC notes say: Cut required to dialogue for
which translation was not available and which might contain references
to under-age sex, under the Video Recordings Act 1984
Comment:
BBFC Clangers
18th September 2008, thanks to Alan
I've read this with incredulity. What language was the dialogue in?
Why were the jobsworths at the BBFC unable to find a translator?
This really does seem utterly bonkers. Demanding cuts because the
dialogue "might" contain references to something is utterly grotesque
and unwarranted censorship. Maybe anyone who wants to watch a foreign
film and can understand the original language without subtitles should
obtain it in or from the country where it's made.
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