william1963 wrote:Totoro, who is talking bullshit is you.
Love was originally stamped with a -16 — the equivalent of an R — and then began its theatrical run on July 15. Now, almost three weeks later, its restriction has been bumped up to -18, aka an NC-17, in what is believed to be a first for a film in current release. Gaspar Noé for his part told Libération, “It’s nonsense. A similar restriction, to under 16s which I thought fit, was in place, and a restruction to under 18s had been refused. And then, everything changes because of the intervention of Patrice André, this lawyer from the far right who is nothing more than a frustrated man who wants to come to the party but can’t… What really upsets me is that because of this kind of thing, directors or producers might become frightened. There’s a risk that filmmakers or writers start censoring themselves.” This risk exists.
1/Most of the movies in france don't go further than 2 or 3 weeks in theaters so nobody cares the difference.He probably did 20% of his audience on that last third week.
2/Gaspar Noé lives in france so I think he knows that a movie with blow jobs and real sex can have a censor issue, he played with it.
3/ Vincent Maraval, the producer got more money back with this movie than with Enter the void, because Love was a low budget, filmed mostly in a room with 3-4 actors, Maraval played in it and even Noe with a wig. Again more tickets in France that Enter the Void, so more cash for himself.
4/The real censorship is not movie theaters for low/medium budget movies but to get the money from tv productions in france. And I doubt TV channels want a movie like that at 8pm on french tv, so the story is a false one.
I don't know much about brazil but I don't think that was the main market for the movie...