notageek
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 Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:05 am Post subject: 'Blasphemous' film released in UK after 23 years |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16809977
| Quote: | The only film ever to be banned in the UK on grounds of blasphemy has been given a certificate 23 years after it was made.
Visions of Ecstasy showed 16th Century Spanish nun St Teresa of Avila as she caresses Jesus' body on the cross.
It was banned amid concerns the scene could leave the film open to prosecution for blasphemous libel.
As the blasphemy law was repealed in 2008, the movie has now been passed for release uncut, with an 18 certificate.
Directed by Nigel Wingrove, the low-budget, 19-minute film became a cause celebre for the free speech movement, with the late filmmaker Derek Jarman among the voices calling for its release.
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) said it had considered allowing the film to be shown with the offending scene removed - but as that would have halved the running time, they said their only option was to refuse a certificate. |
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