In The Cut - Meg Ryan

Pal

was it my imagination or was that explicit hard stuff
in the scene behing the pub ?

Still trying to figure out how it got past
the censor.

anybody else see it ?

Andrew Duffy

It's a prosthetic. Anyway, there are no guidelines for 18s content - A Ma Souer has a very clear shot of the male lead putting on a condom (although a scene in the director's next film, Sex is Comedy, suggests that that may also be a prosthetic), and Intimacy, which I'm pretty sure has an Irish cert, has a clear scene of fellatio. Our censor has also said he has no preconceptions about Michael Winterbottom's Nine Songs, which reportedly contains scenes of penetration, both types of oral sex and ejaculation. (link: http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1186939&issue_id=10911)

Miguel_Sanchez

Saw it. Thought it looked great - really well shot. But I was pretty uninterested in the story by the end.

ixoy

Originally posted by Andrew Duffy
It's a prosthetic. Anyway, there are no guidelines for 18s content - A Ma Souer has a very clear shot of the male lead putting on a condom (although a scene in the director's next film, Sex is Comedy, suggests that that may also be a prosthetic), and Intimacy, which I'm pretty sure has an Irish cert, has a clear scene of fellatio. Our censor has also said he has no preconceptions about Michael Winterbottom's Nine Songs, which reportedly contains scenes of penetration, both types of oral sex and ejaculation. (link: http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1186939&issue_id=10911)

Well he says he'll still have to consider it. It's no guarantee of it getting shown. Despite a possible liberal atittude, he'll still no doubt refuse to ever show Ken Park, which also has scenes of cunnilingus, erections, and so forth except this time it's portraying teenagers (played by barely legal adults). Still nice to see we're not as prudish as we once were, even though I was surprised to see the aforementioned scene in "In the Cut" make it past US censors (who are far meaner than ours here - just look at how many movies never pass the censor except in cut form until their home retail release).

lodgepole

Originally posted by ixoy
even though I was surprised to see the aforementioned scene in "In the Cut" make it past US censors (who are far meaner than ours here - just look at how many movies never pass the censor except in cut form until their home retail release).

I was under the impression that the theatrical R rated version of In the Cut was heavily censored and that the version that contains all the bits being talked about here was in fact on an un rated DVD edition.

As bad as the US censors are, at least a film can be released without certification.

ixoy

Originally posted by Lodgepole
I was under the impression that the theatrical R rated version of In the Cut was heavily censored and that the version that contains all the bits being talked about here was in fact on an un rated DVD edition.

As bad as the US censors are, at least a film can be released without certification.

That's what I was saying, or trying to. That the film's are cut UNTIL their home retail release, when they go uncut for sale. I'm surprised with their recent puritanical zeal that they're still allowing this at all.

lodgepole

Originally posted by ixoy
That's what I was saying, or trying to. That the film's are cut UNTIL their home retail release, when they go uncut for sale. I'm surprised with their recent puritanical zeal that they're still allowing this at all.

****, sorry... I completely missed that last line in your post...

Bigshot

That's what I was saying, or trying to. That the film's are cut UNTIL their home retail release, when they go uncut for sale. I'm surprised with their recent puritanical zeal that they're still allowing this at all

I saw this piece of trash in the cinema and it was in no way cut. The scene in question was in their and i think myself and ladyfriend were both pretty shocked that we saw content that graphic.

Whatever about the graphic content it was one of the worst movies ive ever had the displeasure of paying to see. When it ended everyone in the cinema broke into laughter at just how crap it was.

impr0v

soz for bumping this one, but i was searching for comments about this film, though rather about what people thought about it than the shock or lack of that they experienced upon viewing the (very)soft porn elements of it. I was forced (forced because I had seen bad reviews of it upon it's cinema release) to get it from xtravision the other night as my brother and i could find very little else either of us had seen. to my surprise i liked it a lot, especially the tight, nervy, cinematography and the dirty portrayal of new york, and i suppose of people in general. I'll admit it dragged a little in the middle but the ending was strong enough, in my opinion, and overall i was well impressed with the views it expressed about people's desires and the style in which they were filmed.

am i the only one with anything good to say about it?

elvis2002

well after i look at it i had a look in the special features section and put the directory commentary on. So i forwarded it on to that blowjob part and apparently it got through sensors because it was a dildo they used. a very real looking one at that.!

Andrew Duffy

That's American censors btw - the UK and Irish censors don't really care about the odd bit of real sex in 18 movies any more. (Intimacy, for example)

It's absulutely crazy that two indistinguishable scenes, one real and the other faked, would be treated differently by a censor.