The film NC-17 shocking Sundance will cut the explicit scenes before hitting the rooms
The film generated a major buzz after a screening at the famous festival.
Each winter, the film industry descends on Park City, Utah, because it welcomes the Sundance Film Festival. The 10 -day starry gathering has become one of the best ways for the studios to obtain their most ambitious films in front of an influential audience in the hope of recovering it or generating buzz before a major outing. And although there is never a shortage of Cinema potentially worthy of an Oscar On display, part of the attention it displays can make the headlines for other reasons. This year, this film is the next horror thriller Overflowing swimming pool with Alexander Skarsgard and Mia Goth , which shocked the public during his first with graphic scenes featuring sex and violence. And now, it seems that the film NC-17 which shocked the public of Sundance will reduce some of his more explicit scenes before he reaches theaters. Read the rest to see what was too considered to keep in the final cup.
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The studio will cut some explicit scenes from Overflowing swimming pool Before he reaches theaters.
Creating a tug in Sundance is generally an easy way to stimulate discussion before a general public release later in the year. But while the criticisms and the public praised Overflowing swimming pool For its daring approach and dedicated performance, this also shocked them with its incredibly use graphic and sex violence This finally led to a change in the film which will see its release in the cinemas this month.
The film takes place in a Beach resort on a fictitious island , where a vacation for characters played by skarsgard and Cleopatra Coleman Take a worse turn after a tragic accident. But in an interview with Collider, director Brandon Cronenberg Said that some scenes would be cut before the controversial film will make its way to theaters. In particular, the non-edited version projected at the festival on January 22 included an incredibly explicit representation of a sexual act captured on the camera, the consumption of heavy drugs and bloody violence which earned it a NC-17 note, the New York Post reports.
The version of the film making its way in theaters has received a dimension R.
However, the public can find the film that goes to their local cinema is slightly less graphic. The studio plans to publish a Rad-ray version from the film for its theatrical release in the United States
According to the filmmaker, the problem has more to do with the rules behind the rating system than offended moviegoers.
"The United States has a kind of particular problem due to the NC-17 note," Cronenberg told Collider in an interview. "NC-17 was an attempt to rename note X, but they did not successfully, and it came with all this stigmatization. You cannot really market a film if it is a NO NC-17. So specifically in the United States, this means that you cannot really have a theatrical release of all size. "
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The director says that he has no qualms about publishing the tamer version of the film in theaters.
Even within the relatively loose limits of the film industry, part of the narration process implies the creative freedom to be able to express themselves without restraint. But despite rubbing some of the more intense scenes from his film, Cronenberg said that it was more or less part of the plan to do so and that the finished product was always worthy of the ticket price for admission.
"I knew that to enter it, and it is not a problem everywhere and there is generally a plan to release the full film," he said to collider. "The l side R is not extremely different, I should say. I would like people to see it in theaters and do not worry for the versioning. That's good."
The actors involved in the film are also enthusiastic about the project and the way it will be received.
Although sex or excessive violence in a film can sometimes be a passive for a project, it can also sometimes be an asset. In fact, the actors with Overflowing swimming pool said that his audacity is part of what attracted their Interest to connect . AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"There is a lot of conformity and monotony when you read scripts," said Skarsgard - who also signed as an executive producer - to a Q&R after the first in the film, by The Hollywood Reporter . "You just saw the film. It's just crazy, crazy. ... I love it or hate, but it's rare to live something like that as an actor."
Goth said that she also appreciated the freedom given to her by Cronenberg to explore the depth of the role, adding that this corresponded to some of his most recent work. "All these characters were free and dislocated, and the fact that I was able to continue to explore these really wild characters seemed to be a real gift," said the actor. "It was an immediate yes."
