All three were originally given NC ratings. Yet after much haggling, and minimal trimming--sometimes the difference is only a matter of seconds--the filmmakers were able to win R ratings.
The board that awards the ratings is an anonymous, member group of parents who are employed by the Motion Picture Assn. The ratings confusion greatly bothers MPAA Chairman Jack Valenti, who sees the primary function of the system as information for parents.
The fear is that the vacuum would lead to a multitude of government and religious standards. But if any movie could challenge the NC commercial taboo, it was believed the movie starring Madonna was the first serious contender, had the producers opted for that route. If we stop treating the NC as a pariah, it will stop being seen as a pariah.
Most producers view an R rating as the more commercially acceptable tag because the major movie theater chains will not book films rated NC, some major video dealers will not stock them and leading publications usually refuse advertising. But the intensity of the sexuality and nudity in the movie starring Harvey Keitel made the rating clearly understandable to most people. Some films, however, threw caution to the wind, stood up against censorship, and refused to change.
These films went on to be released with an NC rating or were released as Unrated. Updated on July 21st, by Derek Draven: We've included a few more films that were rated NC, which refused to change at the time of release. In subsequent years, many of these films did some nipping and tucking in order to court a wider audience, but they originally hit theaters and film festivals with a bold, unapologetic attitude. It's up to each viewer to judge their artistic quality.
The notorious brainchild of director-producer Bob Guccione and Penthouse Magazine, Caligula essentially fooled a cast of talented actors into participating in a period drama that would later turn into a glorified skin flick.
Director Tinto Brass loathed Guccione's idea of shooting the unapologetically racy scenes so much that he disavowed the film, prompting Guccione to have the scenes shot and inserted after the fact. Today, it stands as a testament to the lengths Guccione was willing to go to, however ill-advised those lengths may have been. The movie is controversial for its depictions of sex, but that wasn't what caused most of the controversy. According to reports, on-set working conditions with director Abdellatif Kechiche were extremely poor, which created massive tension on set.
In the end, the film received positive critical reviews and awards, but it failed to win over much of the LGBTQ community, who accused it of baiting viewers with titillation. Larry Clark struck a nerve with critics, censors and parental groups during the 90s, thanks to a string of highly controversial films that included Kids, a story about several New York teenagers engaged in just about every sort of self-destructive habit one can think of.
The content is extremely hard to stomach, as it tackles everything from pervasive drug use to rabid violence and the worst variety of assault, the latter of which leads to a tragic final act. Kids is a film that tries to sound the alarm regarding the dangers of aimless, misspent youth in an age where many young people feel morally rudderless.
Showgirls was supposed to make Saved by the Bell star Elizabeth Berkley a bonafide actress. It was her chance to show she had grown up and could star in a gritty drama. To date, Showgirls is the only NC film to get a wide release in theaters. The movie centers on Nomi, a young woman who heads to Vegas with dreams of becoming a showgirl. The film is filled with backstabbing, assault, blackmail, and even murder.
Showgirls received tons of negative press before release due to its nudity and violence. Though it was a box-office bomb, the movie went on to be popular at video stores and became one of MGM's highest-grossing home videos ever. Trigger warning: this movie is horrendous. Senior Film Writer. The film was considered groundbreaking for its depictions of sexuality in contemporary Hollywood film. This story first appeared in the Feb. The difference between an R rating and an NC often hinges on the amount of in-and-out action, according to those familiar with the ratings process.
A very vocal Gosling accused the MPAA of misogyny, saying there are countless R-rated movies in which a male character receives oral sex.
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