Friday, January 09, 2004
A very special history lesson!
The story of how ratings were introduced to films in November 1968 is suitably silly. Jack Valenti, President of the Motion Picture Association of America from the mid-60s, recently recounted the controversy surrounding questionable language used in the film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, leading to a new era of regulation.
"In company with the MPAA's general counsel, Louis Nizer, I met with Jack Warner, the legendary chieftain of Warner Bros., and his top aide, Ben Kalmenson. We talked for three hours, and the result was deletion of "screw" and retention of "hump the hostess"..."
The story of how ratings were introduced to films in November 1968 is suitably silly. Jack Valenti, President of the Motion Picture Association of America from the mid-60s, recently recounted the controversy surrounding questionable language used in the film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, leading to a new era of regulation.
"In company with the MPAA's general counsel, Louis Nizer, I met with Jack Warner, the legendary chieftain of Warner Bros., and his top aide, Ben Kalmenson. We talked for three hours, and the result was deletion of "screw" and retention of "hump the hostess"..."
Monday, January 05, 2004
Godzilla vs. Biollante is rated PG for traditional Godzilla violence
They have a point. If Godzilla would make some attempt to get with the times, people would not hate him so much. It's his traditional Godzilla violence that's so abhorrent to mothers.
They have a point. If Godzilla would make some attempt to get with the times, people would not hate him so much. It's his traditional Godzilla violence that's so abhorrent to mothers.
