Posted on 02/26/2016 3:52:47 PM PST by NYer
According to the Wikipedia list, “Spartacus” was banned. Why? For its historical inaccuracies?
“At some point, the B and C ratings were combined into a new O rating for “morally offensive” films.”
I take it that was only 1978 to 1980, when they shut down the Legion of Decency.
Most of the really egregious bad calls happened in the late 60s and 70s, at least in my opinion. I mean, ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’?! Come on. I also though there was some devil/pagan themed movies that a actually showed Christianity in pretty cool light, like Exorcist and the Wicker Man.
Freegards
Your liver spots are genetic so I doubt that they will do anything but MULTIPLY.
They may grown into ONE giant liver spot and you will be couple of shades darker.
As for the near-naked woman...well she MEANS to get your shorts all in a bunch, so to speak. That's what she was hired to do.
And when you are 63 or 73 or 83, the near-naked women will still make you smile. I admit that I do look overlong at the beef-cake. I just look...and smile.
I think "The Exorcist" got an A-IV. That is one of the "morally unobjectionable" categories: that is, it's OK, for adults. The "reservations" expressed were --- I don't know, but --- possibly doctrinal, due to a few questionable theological points: it was, after all, a heavily theological thriller. Good one, too.
But no, "The Exorcist" was not condemned.
Geeze
I feel better.
Thnx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_condemned_by_the_Legion_of_Decency
You could be right, but this list has Excorcist being condemned, so I take it got a C rating. It’s been a while since I saw it, so I can’t speak to any theological errors with it, I supposed theological errors made by a depiction by an actual priest would be the problem here?
They also condemned ‘High Plains Drifter,’ I take it for the rape scene. I think they are differing here with what I would describe as gritty as opposed to prurient interest or something. It’s not like it didn’t make sense in the story.
Freegards
It was respect, yes, but more so it was the Hays Code, which the extremely powerful Legion got enacted. That held sway for 3 strong decades until a film where a girl says about a single woman, “Is she pregnant?” I forget title, with David Niven, great movie.
The Legion and the Code were still in tact for a while, but no longer socially influential. Only Catholic diocesan papers printed ratings into the 1970’s.
If you want to see really sexy movies done artistically like they could never do now, see the films prior to 1934!
"Examples of movies which received the A-IV rating include The Exorcist and Saturday Night Fever, two films whose content was seen by many as being exaggerated by the mainstream press, perhaps leading to the wrong interpretations and false conclusions cited in the rating's full description. In 1995, the description [of A-IV] was changed to films 'which are not morally offensive in themselves but are not for casual viewing.'"
I don't know one way or the other about "The Drifter."
The Legion of Decency ratings are were neither Church legislation nor Church doctrine. They constituted moral guidance but were not obligatory. Like any film rating system, they no doubt made some highly debatable calls. That's the nature of film criticism.
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