Threesome-gate: Sorry, Mr. Egoyan that thrust has got to go
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Sad news this morning for threesome-fans everywhere: Atom Egoyan has lost his appeal to the ratings board over the manage-a-trois scene in his upcoming film, Where The Truth Lies. Egoyan and the XX component of the scene, actress Rachel Blanchard (you know her as the Alicia Silverstone lookalike in the TV version of Clueless) appeared before the board to state their case, but those crabby sex-hating censors are still hung up over the amount of thrusts. Unfortunately, due to the way the film was shot, Egoyan has limited editing options. He's also into that wacky "artistic integrity" thing, and maintains that the board's decision is "an unwarranted response given the story [the film is] telling and the way it needed to be told." Will Egoyan be allowed to release his film with the kiss-of-death NC-17? What do you think?
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9-09-2005 @ 11:22AM
Crispix Attacks said...
I don't know, but I am really looking forward to seeing how a sex scene could possibly be so important to the plot of a movie. (Egoyan isn't saying that he won't compromise his artistry, he's saying that it's crucial to the story.) I for one have never seen a non-gratuitous sex act in a movie.
I predict that he does the passive-aggressive protest thing and throws a red box in front of the offending body parts, like Solondz did in "Storytelling".
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9-09-2005 @ 1:24PM
cel said...
i sincerely hopes he doesn't compromise his film by removing the "offensive" thrustage.
in his magnificent film, "exotica," egoyan skillfully riffed on sexuality (granted, no three-some thrusting involved) and loss and personal trauma, and he did it in a way that pretty much knocked me off my feet (i think it's one of the best films of the mid-90s). since then, he's merely confirmed that he's one of our best current film-makers.
i think he's earned the right to expect a level of trust from his prospective viewers -- in other words, an expectation that these prospective viewers will at least take as reasonably credible his statement that the scene as originally filmed is integral to the story (and, i would imagine, the narrative trajectory of the film).
i for one am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt ahead of a group of thrust-counters. if it means nc-17, well, i hope he sticks with his guns and runs with that rating rather than strip his film down.
cel
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