http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/ Real Talk About Making Real Sex Erotic Documentaries Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:16:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/comment-page-1/#comment-96010 The Winter of My Discontent (A Fourth Anniversary Recounting) | The Art & Business of Making Erotic Films Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:44:16 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/#comment-96010 [...] had a film banned by a liberal, western democracy; not once, but twice. If it had been Iran, or Saudi Arabia, or even Malaysia…  But Australia? [...] [...] had a film banned by a liberal, western democracy; not once, but twice. If it had been Iran, or Saudi Arabia, or even Malaysia…  But Australia? [...]

]]> http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/comment-page-1/#comment-85327 Hooker with a Camera | The Art & Business of Making Erotic Films Wed, 28 May 2008 12:59:27 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/#comment-85327 [...] each and every day, the OFLC decision is not only unfair, it is perverse.” –Tony Comstock, An Open Letter to the OFLC, September 8, [...] [...] each and every day, the OFLC decision is not only unfair, it is perverse.” –Tony Comstock, An Open Letter to the OFLC, September 8, [...]

]]> http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/comment-page-1/#comment-15482 Tony Comstock’s Blog » PBS Disappears Sex Links? Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:56:39 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/#comment-15482 [...] We’ve had printers refuse to print our inserts and posters because they were “pornographic”. I had my words used without attribution, let alone a link. Hell, I’ve even had a government ban one of my films from an entire continent. [...] [...] We’ve had printers refuse to print our inserts and posters because they were “pornographic”. I had my words used without attribution, let alone a link. Hell, I’ve even had a government ban one of my films from an entire continent. [...]

]]> http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/comment-page-1/#comment-15328 Tony Comstock’s Blog » Art vs. Porn, Part 274 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:46:41 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/#comment-15328 [...] I have been a photographer my entire adult life. In the name of bearing witness to the human condition I’ve documented unspeakable suffering, violence, and death; and for that I’ve been praised as a courageous witness. When I review the scope of people, places and events that have passed before my lens, I am unable to comprehend the censor’s rational for “protecting” adults from photographic images of sexuality. Adults have the capacity and the right to choose for themselves what sort of images they wish to see. They do not need to be protected from images of sex, and least of all from a film like DAMON AND HUNTER. In the face of horrific images we are exposed to each and every day, the OFLC decision is not only unfair, it is perverse. –Tony Comstock, An Open Letter to the OFLC [...] [...] I have been a photographer my entire adult life. In the name of bearing witness to the human condition I’ve documented unspeakable suffering, violence, and death; and for that I’ve been praised as a courageous witness. When I review the scope of people, places and events that have passed before my lens, I am unable to comprehend the censor’s rational for “protecting” adults from photographic images of sexuality. Adults have the capacity and the right to choose for themselves what sort of images they wish to see. They do not need to be protected from images of sex, and least of all from a film like DAMON AND HUNTER. In the face of horrific images we are exposed to each and every day, the OFLC decision is not only unfair, it is perverse. –Tony Comstock, An Open Letter to the OFLC [...]

]]> http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/comment-page-1/#comment-14827 Tony Comstock’s Blog » Blog Archive » Google Fails When Language Fails, Part Two Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:53:06 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/#comment-14827 [...] Of course human beings are notorious capricious when making judgements about sex. [...] [...] Of course human beings are notorious capricious when making judgements about sex. [...]

]]> http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/comment-page-1/#comment-9343 tony Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:52:05 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/#comment-9343 I don't know if it was the right thing to do. I do know it was the only thing I could do. If it in any way seems at all courageous, well it's easier to find courage when you're cornered! ;-) I don’t know if it was the right thing to do. I do know it was the only thing I could do. If it in any way seems at all courageous, well it’s easier to find courage when you’re cornered!

]]> http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/comment-page-1/#comment-9240 ws cross Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:57:17 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/08/an-open-letter-regarding-the-cancelled-queerdoc-screening-of-damon-and-hunter/#comment-9240 Bravo. You did the right thing. And the publicity this has generated is priceless, though I know you didn't do that with publicity in mind. Good luck, I'm sure you're going to have more people seeing the film now, and it may spark some honest discussion in Australia about their outmoded censorship rules. Bravo. You did the right thing. And the publicity this has generated is priceless, though I know you didn’t do that with publicity in mind. Good luck, I’m sure you’re going to have more people seeing the film now, and it may spark some honest discussion in Australia about their outmoded censorship rules.

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