hmmm.. all i have to say is FAKE. no conclusive evidence if that was real, yet again nothing now and days with the simple video and editing software =/
I think if it was really well documented we would have gotten to hear what the other end of the phone was saying. In the given case I don't blame anyone who doubts the veracity of this clip... however it does bring about an interesting point if the MPAA really did do this.
It would be illegal for the documentary maker to record the other end of the conversation without their consent, which the MPAA has no interest in doing. Kirby Dick is a respectable documentary maker - you'll have to take his word for it.
For those of you who don't know, this clip is related to the documentary "This Film is Not Yet Rated", Kirby Dick's great documentary about how the MPAA basically censors your movies (who needs the government) based on ridiculous criteria. For example, gore, splatter and torture will get an R rating, but very frank sex will get NC-17, making it virtually impossible to get those movies screened in a lot of communities banning "adult" movies in theaters. "A Dirty Shame" got slapped with NC-17 although any violence in it was nowhere near the violence in movies like "Saw" or "Hostel" receiving R ratings each. But the latter two were distributed widely, while Waters had to fight for an R rating for his movie by making cuts. Ridiculous! (By the way, my argument has nothing to do with how good or bad the film is--only content).
Watch the documentary. If you care anything about the movies you watch, or what's being fed to you, it's imperative. Directors and whole studios (Weinstein Company, ehem!) kowtow to the MPAA, and we are not allowed to know who these people are!
This is one major reason I will not spend major bucks to support mainstream Hollywood movies.
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