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Showgirls (1995)

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Bruno Keeps Buzz Up with Rating ...
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"It’s certainly no accident that The Wrap’s Sharon Waxman found out about and reported on Bruno initially receiving an NC-17 rating from the MPAA. After all, what raunchy docu-comedy wouldn’t want additional buzz focused on how “objectionable” some scenes were? Universal and Sacha Baron Cohen obviously pushed the envelope in order to both see how much they could get away with and to draw attention to themselves with a desired NC-17. Hasn’t anyone been following Hollywood the past 10 years? Here are a few benefits to both garnering the unacceptable rating and having news of that “unfortunate” rating leaked to all the fanboy bloggers: Typical outrage over the MPAA’s dealings guarantee postings (including this one), which continue to give attention to the film. Excitement over how hard the ultimate R-rating will likely be continues the interest from moviegoers interested in raunchy content. And if they’re upset that it won’t be as dirty as the original NC-17 version t " [More]

Varieties of Sexual Horror. Blo ...
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"Benten Film’s latest release, the award-winning The Free Will (otherwise known as “that 3-hour German rape movie”), is available today. I’ll be posting a longish piece on the film when I get back to New York next week, but in the meantime, check out comments from Cinematical, The ScreenGrab, and Hammer to Nail. Fleshbot notes that the editor of Showgirls/director of last year’s Dane Cook/Jessica Alba bomb Good Luck Chuck is also a published photographer of art porn. The Approval Matrix may need to be redrawn to reflect such achievements in middlebrow sleaze. Speaking of dubious filmmakers: is Madonna turning into Mae West? Michael Musto is all for it, as long as we a " [More]

Varieties of Sexual Horror. Blo ...
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Movie Posters Color Analysis
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"See that graphic above? According to Armin Vit at the graphic design community blog Speak Up, it’s empirical evidence that in order for a G-rated film to succeed, its poster needs to be predominantly white and blue. In what he describes as “an exercise in color trends,” Vit analyzed the predominant color breakdowns of the theatrical posters representing the five highest grossing films from each MPAA rating. The top grossing NC-17 films (none of which grossed more than about $20 million, due to the restricted release that rating brings) were all advertised via posters predominantly made up of black and red tones. Successful films with more lenient ratings are marketed with lighter colors; blue begins to replace black as the dominant background color, and imagery moves from stark and high-conrast to soft and airy. In terms of color psychology, it all makes sense. While Showgirls (rated NC-17) and Finding Nemo (rated G) are each the highest grossing films in their rating’s rubric, i ... " [More]

wonderfully trashy
by animerion in Movie Musings

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"There is something that can be said for a good B-movie. Personally, they are a good way to humble cinematic snobbery. They can generally offer something that somewhat unique and fun, pure escapist entertainment. Then there are those movies that are just plain bad. They try to do something with absolutely nothing going for it. Now this can be OK if the actors are self aware that they are performing in crap, but it is almost pathetic when they take it seriously. Showgirls is an example of such a film. I must first note that I am a huge fan of movies that generally aren’t that great. Personally, I love movies like Dude, Where’s my Car, The Toxic Avenger, Supergirl and countless others. What those have that Showgirls doesn’t have is character, plus the fact that I think those other movies weren’t trying to be something they are not. The problem with Showgirls is that it set out to be the great erotic thriller and there is very little that is erotic, or ... " [More]

Basic Instinct 2: That's right! ...
by halo1205 in halo1205 Blog

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"If popularity breeds contempt, the critical beating this movie took endeared it to me all the more. I listened to podcast after podcast and read movie news galore that took pleasure in shredding the movie sight unseen. The biggest bone of contention was that Sharon Stone, over the age of 40, was putting herself out there as sexual being once again, and that she should be put out to pasture. As saddened as I was that in a time when MILF has become part of the popular vernacular this was still a prevailing attitude, it was countered by the excitement of seeing Catherine Trammel on screen again, one of my favorite film characters. She is the devil in red lipstick and took the original Basic Instinct from standard thriller fare and made it a must see, as well making Stone a star. Is Basic Instinct 2 a good movie? Hell no! But it is a fun, fun watch! Stone unhinges her jaw and swallows the scenery, taking Trammel from a temptation-evoking sexual provocateur to a lip-smacking man-eater. ... " [More]

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"Our regular guest writer, Dodd (moviedodd at spout.com), tells us what's the latest in movie rating news, and shares his mixed feelings about the proposed changes. Dodd is finishing up a Master's degree in Film Studies at Ohio University. Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about the current film rating system implemented by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Filmmakers have raised hell about it all on their own for the past few years, but now the documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated has served as an expose on the selective standards of MPAA members. The film seems to have had an affect already. Since its release, MPAA head honcho Dan Glickman has admitted to the organization's vague guidelines for what sets an R picture apart from an NC-17 one, and that proper actions would be taken to fix that problem. It seems that Glickman was not just throwing words around for publicity purposes. According to a recent Variety article, Dan Glickman has announced th ... " [More]

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