On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 10:13 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The major chains that have theaters in New York and L.A. may not show
> NC-17 films, but independent theaters and smaller chains (such as Laemmle
> in the L.A. area) generally have no problem with NC-17 or unrated films.
>

I remain confused about what Netflix has done. They "made" a movie to be
streamed on their platform. They don't have to submit a script to the MPAA
for a rating. Yet they do and they receive the most restrictive rating
which studios don't want for their movies. And they announce they are not
going to make changes to get an R rating.

As an aside, the article says the rating comes from a rape that appeared in
the novel. I appreciate staying true to the source material even if it
means taking a hit with the film's rating. I can't understand why Hollywood
doesn't remake the movies based on Tennessee Williams plays. The movies
were made during the Production Code and they got twisted into shallowness
by having to give up or dance around key elements. On the DVD of A
Streetcar Named Desire there's a short where Karl Malden talks about all of
the problems Kazan had with the Breen office (enforcers of the Production
Code).

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