There are no guidelines. You sign this quite confidently, but you don't really know until you show it to the MPAA. |
unwarranted response given the story it's telling and the way it needed to be told. |
We couldn't trim any more without destroying the heart of the movie. |
We hear about the experiment that is Canada but we are now entering the most interesting phase of that, where people are interacting with their own culture and understanding the degree of tolerance we have created in this place. |
[As for the] blur ... I can't allow one of my films to go out that way; it would be foolish. And given what the scene is about, it would be very distracting. |
[Because of the ruling, ThinkFilm has decided to release Egoyan's original version of the film, which premiered in May at Cannes, before he made any cuts. The company, which isn't an MPAA signatory and isn't required to carry ratings, has not yet decided whether to release it with the NC-17 or unrated.] I wasn't happy with the version I showed this morning, ... The good news is the film will go out as it was originally intended. |