Director Six furious over BBFC banning


The Human Centipede director Tom Six has slammed British film officials for banning his upcoming sequel to the graphic horror movie and posting scene spoilers on their website.

The original film, about a German doctor who kidnaps three tourists and surgically joins them mouth to anus to form a human centipede, received mixed reviews upon its limited release last year, and now the follow-up The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) is causing controversy over its sexually violent plotline.

The disturbing new movie, written and directed by Six, was due for release on DVD this year, but it will not hit the U.K. market following a ruling by officials at the British Board of Film Classification, which deemed the film "unacceptable" for viewers.

And Six is not at all pleased.

In a statement released to Empire, he says, "Thank you BBFC for putting spoilers of my movie on your website and thank you for banning my film in this exceptional way. Apparently I made an horrific horror-film, but shouldn't a good horror film be horrific? My dear people it is a f**king Movie.

"It is all fictional. Not real. It is all make-belief. It is art. Give people their own choice to watch it or not. If people can't handle or like my movies they just don't watch them. If people like my movies they have to be able to see it any time, anywhere also in the UK.”

Filmmakers have six weeks to appeal the decision.

In the U.S. we have the dreaded NC 17, which means the film in question won't get a wide release , so the filmmakers usually end up releasing an edited version for the movie theaters. When it's time for a DVD release, the unrated version will usually be available.

If the BBFC bans a film from the theaters, does this include DVD releases?

(BEWARE OF POSSIBLE HUGE SPOILERS!)


BBFC defends itself - http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/...de-sequel-bbfc

That is pretty ridiculous.:mad:

I guess my confusion is how there really could be a sequel at all given the state we left all the characters in at the end of the 1st one.

I didn't hate the first one. It was kinda disgusting, but not in a horror movie kinda way. Just in the mental image of someone shitting down my throat kinda way. I'm sure I'll check this one out when it's released.

I guess you didn't read the article, since it explains the plot....

FYI the national radio stations in the UK were covering the directors response to the banning today. It is unusual for the media to pick up both sides of the story in a case like this, to be fair to them.

I read his statement and thought he argued his point well. I guess in this situation the only defence is to come across reasonable, logical and forward thinking. Although, he did direct Human Centipede, so that probably undermines his credibility (A to M :eek:)

The censorship of one film will hardly lead to the removal of freedom of speech in England. The freedoms I care for are still very much intact. And Indeed, my views on the censorship of a particular film represent the prevailing attitude entire English population. ALL HAIL SUPPRESSION, SO SAYETH GABRIEL!

Come on, now. We both know that the chances of this film having any revolutionary effect - a positive one - is basically nil. To suggest that the chance that there COULD potentially be one is just being nit-picky. And whilst I am in no way suggesting that art doesn't provide a profound contribution to culture and should be protected, I personally care not for it in this particular instance. Call it apathetic, but I know that if I want to, I will be able to get this film and that's all that matters to me in this case. As will anybody else who puts their mind to it. For those who wish to see it but are against illegal downloads - their loss. In times gone by, the banning of this film may have annoyed me more, but with the power of the internet, it will have little effect on me.

Yeah, but you can't ignore censorship just because it's ineffective. What happens if the state develop full proof technology to censor the internet? The BBFC will have the restrictive powers they enjoyed in the eighties. I know that'll never happen but you gotta defend the principle (even if it is over a shitty movie :))

A Serbian Film wasn't banned - just butchered.

BBFC have their no-go areas, the last one being sexual violence. their stance on animal violence has softened recently, leading finally to UNCUT releases of Dario Argento's Deep Red & Inferno (looking might fine on BD i might add). hell, in anticipation of the forthcoming BD release of Deodato's brand new director's cut of Cannibal Holocaust, the full uncut version was sent to the BBFC for rating and it had only 1 scene has been cut