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Post by Bix Dugan on Oct 27, 2009 22:56:09 GMT -5
While researching IMDB for an interview question (to Kevin Murphy), I noticed that Child Bride was "Banned In Sweden". Then I clicked on the link and saw all of the 244 movies supposedly "banned" in that country. Other than child-porn, we don't "ban" any movies here, so I don't know what "banned" means. Illegal to show in a theater? Illegal to own? Illegal to even watch? What's amazing is the remaining 243 movies. I can understand Child Bride being on their list, but the rest? Here's a link: www.imdb.com/List?certificates=Sweden:(Banned)&&heading=14;Sweden:(Banned)(this link won't work for me, either. Why is that? Try going to the imdb page for Child Bride and look for the "Sweden: Banned" remark...) Teenage Crime Wave? Little Ceaser? I wonder what exactly is required to be in a movie that makes it bannable in Sweden. Off topic: IMDB says Teen-age Crime Wave has an alternate title of Jail Bait. Is this Ed Wood's Jail Bait? |
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Post by Truck Farmer on Oct 27, 2009 23:02:05 GMT -5
Ed Wood's Jail Bait is much worse. Although on the plus side it does have Steve Reeves in one of his first roles.
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Post by callipygias on Oct 27, 2009 23:36:05 GMT -5
I won a DVD of Child Brides in one of our weekly contests but was so creeped out by the Brains reaction to it that it took me a year to try watching it. It really was no big deal. I mean, the whole subject of child brides is most definitely disgusting and ban-worthy, but the movie is against it, at least. It's about a girl who escaped the Appalachian savagery and returns as an adult to put an end to the whole child bride thing.
And it is a bad... a terrible movie, but they made it sound like some amateur mountain men made the movie to show off their child brides or something, and it's not like that at all. The one really offensive scene is when a young girl skinny dips and some old mountain man watches her until his wife comes and drags him away.
The movie on the DVD set that really induced nightmares in me is called Bill and Coo. It stars... birds. There is no human in the cast, it... stars... birds. Not cartoon birds, birds. Actual birds, and little toy sets for them to wander around in. I swear to God this had to have been made by the guy that made A Visit to Santa. I'm gonna go cry now.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Oct 28, 2009 4:30:34 GMT -5
Sweden was very, very touchy on any kind of violence implied or otherwise and notorious for blocking theatrical releases on some material that many felt was pretty innocuous. They've since relented on many of them (like Nosferatu, which finally was allowed in 1972). My favorite ban came from my brethren in Ireland who wouldn't allow the Marx Brother's "Monkey Business" to be shown, basically because they were too crazed. The Irish censors feared their antics would "incite anarchy"  |
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Post by Bix Dugan on Oct 28, 2009 9:28:20 GMT -5
I just found Bill & Coo, and A Visit To Santa on you-tube. I Bookmarked them for later viewing...
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Post by Skyroniter on Oct 28, 2009 9:43:29 GMT -5
I just found Bill & Coo, and A Visit To Santa on you-tube. I Bookmarked them for later viewing... You certainly must be glutton for punishment.  I'd like to find Bill & Coo myself. |
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Post by Bix Dugan on Oct 28, 2009 10:34:06 GMT -5
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Post by callipygias on Oct 28, 2009 10:37:29 GMT -5
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by candidgamera on Oct 28, 2009 16:23:36 GMT -5
Dracula!? Why would they ban Dracula?
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Post by Mighty Jack on Oct 28, 2009 23:08:22 GMT -5
Dracula!? Why would they ban Dracula? see my post above - they didn't like violence, neck bitting and stakes to the heart and all that biz would get it banned. Considering the original Nosferatu was banned until 1972, Dracula doesn't surprise. |
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Post by candidgamera on Oct 29, 2009 15:23:16 GMT -5
I didn't think Bill and Coo was creepy/nightmare fuel, but it was kinda weird.
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Post by Chuck on Oct 29, 2009 18:32:15 GMT -5
Boids.
Dirty Filthy Disgusting BOIDS!
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Post by ometiklon on Oct 29, 2009 18:47:41 GMT -5
If I am not mistaken when E.T. was released it was banned as well.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Oct 29, 2009 23:12:25 GMT -5
^ Was this before or after Speilberg erased the guns and replaced them with walkie talkies?
I guess they (do or did) edit movies themselves that will allow them to be shown. I'd like to see a Swedish edit of a Tarantino film.
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Post by ometiklon on Oct 30, 2009 20:55:22 GMT -5
During its release in 1982.
The Swedish Govt. felt it cast adults in A bad light.
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I'd like to find Bill & Coo myself.
