tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post1339822129083171587..comments2023-07-12T09:16:45.437-04:00Comments on The Cinema: Lust, But No CautionTed Pigeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789041055263853568noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-19580540811628357742007-10-30T05:42:00.000-04:002007-10-30T05:42:00.000-04:00Please write anything else!Please write anything else!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-27887712980857193772007-10-30T02:28:00.000-04:002007-10-30T02:28:00.000-04:00Good job!Good job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-58799175684666093772007-10-02T10:24:00.000-04:002007-10-02T10:24:00.000-04:00Before, the NC-17 ensured an audience so small tha...Before, the NC-17 ensured an audience so small that not even smaller films or studios could risk it. Now (and again, maybe this is my blind optimisim) it seems like a studio can now do this comfortably with their smaller market films, as the audience for experimental, international, and indepedendent films has grown within the past several years with the rise of digital media and online journalism, not to mention Netflix. But you're right: at the end of the day, it's the young consumers who control the box office.Ted Pigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789041055263853568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-78108720901170842472007-10-01T17:13:00.000-04:002007-10-01T17:13:00.000-04:00I think if anything the NC-17 will help this film....I think if anything the NC-17 will help this film. The reviews so far have been very mixed. Some negative. But, with the rating, it may get more of a curiousity factor audience. <BR/><BR/>Sort of like Bertolucci's THE DREAMERS. It became one of the more watched Bertolucci films in decades, because of the NC-17. <BR/><BR/>If more studios accepted the rating (and Focus is part of Universal, so it is a major studio) maybe the rating wouldn't have the stigma it does. <BR/><BR/>But, since teens drive the box office, and they can't get in to NC-17, it probably won't take off.TALKING MOVIEzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11621046844665110326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-85540975029433120202007-10-01T12:43:00.000-04:002007-10-01T12:43:00.000-04:00Yes, that may be true, Joseph. But in my optimisti...Yes, that may be true, Joseph. But in my optimistic thinking, I recognize that this change has to start somewhere. And for a film that was picking up speed with festival coverage and publicity, I was surprised that it didn't back down to the MPAA in favor of appealing to the widest market. Keep in mind that many studios and DVD rental companies refuse to carry NC-17 rated movies. Maybe, then, from this perspective, the movie itself doesn't represent the progress but the expanding markets for diverse, mature filmmaking. Either way, I'm encouraged.Ted Pigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789041055263853568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-47166518721209114322007-09-28T20:58:00.000-04:002007-09-28T20:58:00.000-04:00I'm not sure if the NC-17 rating will hurt this fi...I'm not sure if the NC-17 rating will hurt this film too much. It's already destined for marginalization in only big city markets, so what does NC 17 matter? Even if it were "R", it would play on 3-4 screens here in Dallas (either the Angelika or Inwood or Magnolia Landmark) and that's it. With an NC 17, it'll play on 3-4 movie screens (the Angelika and the Inwood or Magnolia). Not much difference the way I see it.Joe Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10160822944514723178noreply@blogger.com