Sunday 2 October 2011

A Serbian Film- Banned In Countries for being too Vile

A Serbian Film is brief,  consists of an ageing retired porn star, Milos is offered the lead role in an experimental new adult film, otherwise refereed to as an "art film". He is convinced though the large sum of money offered that he so desperately needs to fend for his family and make a clean break from the business. However, it is too late when Milos soon realised the tragic "art film" actually involves his family being prisoners in the entire snuff manifesto. Additionally, discovering that he has been drafted into making a film involving the rape and butchery of men, women and children, expressing themes pedophilia and necrophilia. 



Due to the large amount of controversy this film has generated it has been taken to the degree of being banned in serval countries in the belief that "A Serbian Film could not be accommodated within the R18+ classification as the level of depictions of sexual violence, themes of incest and depictions of child sexual abuse in the film has an impact which is very high and not justified by context, and indeed should in fact portray a much higher rating. However, this of course doesn't exist and as a result, the film has been banned in the following countries:

  • Spain 
  • Norway: Banned for distribution
  • Brazil: Temporary Ban
  • South Australia: An Australian DVD retailer JB Hifi have announced that they will not be distributing the film, either online or in physical stores due to the major disagreement with the current R-rating. 
The reason why I have decided to look into"A Serbian Film" is because i enjoy the style of  a fictional snuff film within the Movie and this is a horror convention that i want to look deeper into in order to gain greater understanding and the possibility incorporating this form of telling a story in the process producing my trailer. 

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