the film the interview is one of the most recent banning of a film due to political and blasphemous content. It sparked critical reviews and had the potential to cause controversy with the already unstable north korea.
Dave Skylark, host of the talk show Skylark Tonight, interviews celebrities about personal topics and gossip. After Dave and his crew celebrate their 1,000th episode, Aaron Rapoport, the show's producer, is upset by a person from the same business, criticizing Skylark Tonight as not being a real news program as it only covers entertainment and gossips. A while later after Aaron reveals his concern and urge for change, which Dave agrees. Dave discovers that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is a fan of Skylark Tonight, prompting Aaron to arrange an interview. Aaron travels to rural China to receive instructions from Sook-yin Park, the North Korean chief propagandist, and Aaron accepts the task of interviewing Kim, on behalf of Dave. The next day, CIA Agent Lacey shows up at Dave and Aaron's place, proposing that Dave and Aaron assassinate Kim. After watching the trailer it is clear to see just how it could spark contreversy for political reasons, it has a false depiction of political leader kim-jong-il and the fact they are given the task to kill him. this may have caused an issue as the unstable state of korea was not a fan of america to begin with, and so the film had potential to make a situation even worse.
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A ClockWork Orange - Features Rape scenes, horrific cases of violence and the promotion of gang cultures/ultra violence.
Last House on the Left - convicts kidnap two teenagers and they are forced to complete sexual acts, and are eventually raped, mutilated and strangled. The events were so surreal that the actors were traumatised, and had to leave the set. Last Tango In Paris - Director Bernanardo Bertolucci was served a fourth month prison sentence for his sadomasochistic content, and extensive rape scenes. The Exorcist - A young girl is possessed by demons in the horror film branded "religious porn" and also classed as the scariest film ever. It was claimed that the film contains subliminal messages which tap in to the unconscious mind. Salo/120 days of sodom - a small group of children are kidnapped in fascist italy and are used for nazi pleasure. It features rape, incest, suicide, and other forms of mutiliation. The films creator was soon murdered after the films release. I spit on your grave/Day of the women - A swimmer is graphically raped and then decides to take vengeance upon her attackers, graphically destroying the men. The film was censored and claimed to be a "vile bag of garbage" the Life of Brian - Banned for blasphemous content and the mocking of the struggle of jesus. Kids - The 17 year old anti hero of kids, telly, unwittingly infects girls from his teenage peer group with HIV by insisting on having unprotected sex. Drug taking, acts of violence and rape are depicted in this film and makes for a very controversial film. Baise-Moi - Two women who were both subject to rape and violence go on a road trip of murder and they eventually gain national notoriety, they are then killed. The film was rated 16, even with the two lead actresses being former porn stars. Anti-Christ - The film depicts sadomasochistic sexual acts and is labelled as torture porn, 4 people fainted during the first screening of the film and it is generally pretty mental. Key trend over time = Liberalisation and rationalisation
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