Comments on: A Criminal Intent to Arouse, Part 2 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/13/a-criminal-intent-to-arouse-part-2/ Real Talk About Making Real Sex Erotic Documentaries Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: tony http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/13/a-criminal-intent-to-arouse-part-2/#comment-9448 tony Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:36:45 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/13/a-criminal-intent-to-arouse-part-2/#comment-9448 I have no such crystal ball, so I can only go on what I have read about the BBFC, DESTRICTED, and SHORTBUS. About DESTRICTED Sir Quentin said it was so explicit that it would normally attract an R18 rating but he judged that it was a work of art not intended to arouse. John Cameron Mitchell is on record as saying that although all the orgasms are real in SHORTBUS no one got an erection watching it, at least not in Cannes. (Maybe he had better luck in Toronto.) I can make no such claims about DAMON AND HUNTER. I made in the sincere hope that people would find it arrousing, and I have heard from several sources that at least in that respect DAMON AND HUNTER is a successful film. I have no such crystal ball, so I can only go on what I have read about the BBFC, DESTRICTED, and SHORTBUS.

About DESTRICTED Sir Quentin said it was so explicit that it would normally attract an R18 rating but he judged that it was a work of art not intended to arouse. John Cameron Mitchell is on record as saying that although all the orgasms are real in SHORTBUS no one got an erection watching it, at least not in Cannes. (Maybe he had better luck in Toronto.)

I can make no such claims about DAMON AND HUNTER. I made in the sincere hope that people would find it arrousing, and I have heard from several sources that at least in that respect DAMON AND HUNTER is a successful film.

]]> By: Peter Woods http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/13/a-criminal-intent-to-arouse-part-2/#comment-9438 Peter Woods Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:20:15 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/09/13/a-criminal-intent-to-arouse-part-2/#comment-9438 The BBFC have a magic crystal ball that knows exactly what you're thinking. Right now... Seriously, the BBFC have to make decisions which are ultimately subjective but will have been discussed by their examiners and (where there is some dispute) by the senior management. Having followed the BBFC for some time, I will say that as regulators go, they are remarkably friendly and open. By the way, the BBFC have recently given John Cameron Mitchell's film "Shortbus" an uncut 18 rating. Who knows, maybe they'd treat Damon & Hunter with the same respect ? The BBFC have a magic crystal ball that knows exactly what you’re thinking. Right now…

Seriously, the BBFC have to make decisions which are ultimately subjective but will have been discussed by their examiners and (where there is some dispute) by the senior management. Having followed the BBFC for some time, I will say that as regulators go, they are remarkably friendly and open.

By the way, the BBFC have recently given John Cameron Mitchell’s film “Shortbus” an uncut 18 rating. Who knows, maybe they’d treat Damon & Hunter with the same respect ?

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