JDG asked:
> > Specifically, can a director prevent companies from > marketing "clean" versions of popular movies to > morally discerning customers?
Alberto replied:
It's one thing to bleep out or mute out an "objectionable"Ouch, this is one of the most evil things that companies do. It should be forbidden, and offenders should be hanged in public :-/
word, it's a whole other thing to replace it with a
different word. I've always disliked the practice of
redubbed dialogue in movies when shown on television. Of
course, if they just bleeped or muted "bad" language in
Pulp Fiction, large parts of it would become completely
unintelligible :-) But really, that's ok. If you are
offended by that kind of language, then why are you
watching the movie in the first place? Most dubbing
for television is purposely mixed in a way that makes
it very obvious that this is not the original dialogue.
Thank God for Showtime, et.al., where a person can see
a movie as it was originally made.
But replacing an image of a nude person with a corsetted
picture? These are the same people who would put a shroud
around Michelangelo's David. How would they feel about
someone rewriting the Bible to soften or remove all the
violent parts, like the crucifixion? Sometimes the violence
is a vital part of the story. The fact that a person uses
"bad" language tells you a lot about that persons character.
The fact that they use a gun tells you a lot too. "...Editing
out the bullet shots in [Saving Private Ryan's] first battle
scene" as the article says has been done completely changes
the intent of that sequence, which was meant to show that
war is not glamorous, it's not fun, it's bloody and violent.
Honestly, if you find a movie objectionable, DON'T WATCH IT!
This is not difficult. The reason movies are edited for
airlines is that it's impossible to not see the screen.
Radio stations mute out or bleep out or otherwise make edits
to remove "offensive" language, but they don't replace the
"bad" words with words that aren't "bad." I have no problem
with a movie studio (the copyright owner) releasing a version
of a movie with "offensive" language muted (provided the
movie packaging clearly notes this), but I *do* have a
problem with words and pictures being replaced.
It's really simple. If you know that you are going to find
images in a movie to be objectionable to you, then don't
rent it. There are plenty of sites on the internet that
provide enough information in advance without spoiling the
stories to allow people to make educated decisions about this,
and these sites are easily accessible from a computer in any
public library. Most public libraries also carry publications
like Christian Science Monitor and National Catholic Reporter
which also give this kind of information.
If you're watching a copy of Saving Private Ryan that has no
blood, no bullets, and no death, then you aren't watching
Saving Private Ryan.
Reggie Bautista
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