To try and start a campaign to stop the uk release of 'A Serbian film'

[spidersandglue]

I'm not suggesting anyone read the synopsis as that's disgusting enough. But I don't know how the government can allow this disgusting film to be released!

Surely this sort of film encourages paedophillia and violent rape.

There are more slaves alive now than there has been before at any time in the history of the world. The majority of this is sex trafficking.

I'm revolted that a film like this can be given even a censored release date (10th)

Believe me when I say I don't want to give the film attention but I feel like if no one makes a stand now then won't films be allowed to become more and more violent?

A line needs to be drawn.

As Dittany says how can tis film be in any way helpful to rape victims.

I am an artist and I don't care about the 'Art' in this instance. I think it makes 'Art' look bad!!!

Nope SF and tbh after it's description I wont...

thats sad isn't it if the director truly wants to get his point across?...

seems all he's doing is titillating ultimately strange sick fuckers persons and gawping teenagers..

not exactly the target audience of a film purporting to depict the suffering of a people during war...

You're calling Dittany hideous?! Direct it at the sicko director!

Thats why I believe its tosh.

But also I believe it's through the fear we now allow anything on our screens.

But how is banning it doing that spidersandglue?

I imagine part of the reason behind banning Clockwork Orange was to "draw the line", have films not got any more violent since then?

Ban this one and it'll become more well known, not less. Future film makers thought process;

"A Serbian Film got banned due to sickening and gratuitous violence, and subsequently got more viewers - I better not attempt the same"

Um.. really?

who is it that watches a film like this? I don't mean it rhetorically, I really do wonder what does someone who sits and watches that for interest/enjoyment/whatever (I'm finding it hard to imagine) does in the rest of their daily lives.

Certainly my reaction to the Scott Weinburg review reported on Wiki, was " you idiot, you think you sound all like intellectual and free-thinking but you actually don't make sense (wtf does "legitimately fascinating" mean?)."

But the average ticket-buying watcher - would it be a cinema full of murderers and rapists, or would their Ordinary Folk there too?

I speak as someone who only read American Psycho because of some peculiar circumstances I was in, and even in my desperation for something to read I skipped the psychotic bits.

I don't know if banning is the answer, or if it just draws more attention to something that is probably best given as little attention as possible. I honestly don't.

Can we not call each other hideous individuals and whatnot though? I mean come on, that gets nobody anywhere.

:( at this entire thread. I think the extreme nature of the subject matter is winding us all up in a rather damaging way.

stickylittlefingers Mainly teen boys trying to be controversial I believe. Usually not of an age to be let into the cinema. They'll just pirate it afterwards. (If it isn't out there already)

I think just writing it off as "a bit of a crap film" would damage it more than banning it.

I have reported all the posts in which you insulted me. I will have nothing further to do with you.

stickylittlefingers: just guessing but perhaps Media Types (to coin a phrase) who wish to outhipster each other in members-only London drinking dens, pretending to debate culture whilst in fact just displaying their peacock feathers of edginess? "yeh, I saw it, I felt I had to. Heavy stuff, really made me think. Another G&T please"

Certainly I would say it's unlikely that most people who choose to watch it are the type of people who might then be in a position to take action to improve the lot of the victims of the situation in Serbia

If you're right Kaloki, the film's not exactly going to make money from that demographic. I can't think of a teenage boy I've known who'd be keen on that. Though I do realise my world view/knowledge is pretty narrow!

I agree that banning things is likely to be counter-productive. It would be better to try and let it sink without trace.

On that note, I guess I should absent myself and refuse to think about it or even notice it ever again.