BBFC destroying movies and TV shows since 90s mostly false
“Cos the BBFC have been destroying movies, TV shows and music since the early 90s”
Summary
The BBFC has imposed cuts and bans on certain films and videos, especially during the 1980s and 1990s, but it does not destroy movies, TV programmes or music. Its authority is limited to classifying films and video releases, not to eliminating works, and it has no jurisdiction over most television or music content. Consequently, the claim that the BBFC has been “destroying” movies, TV shows and music since the early 90s is inaccurate.
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- BBC Radio 4 - Screenshot - Eight films that caused problems for British censors
There is nothing graphic in Victim, but the BBFC declared that "to the great majority of cinema-goers, homosexuality is outside their direct experience and is something which is shocking, distasteful and disgusting." In giving the film an X rating, putting it in the same category of graphicness as a Hammer Horror film, they decried the film as unsuitable for most audiences.
- BBFC reviews policy on music and factual videos | Censorship | The Guardian
The BBFC estimates that around 200 videos might be caught by a change in the law. Austin showed the Guardian examples of videos that have claimed exemption but would have been classified. They range in seriousness. One of the more shocking is a documentary about the American heavy metal band Slipknot "which, actually my son bought when he was 10 and I confiscated", said Austin.
- 6 pelĂculas de terror que fueron prohibidas por ser demasiado aterradoras - BBC News Mundo
En 1999, la BBFC puso fin a la prohibiciĂłn y decidiĂł que la pelĂcula, "aunque seguĂa siendo un trabajo poderoso y convincente, ya no tiene el mismo impacto que hace 25 años".
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
1984 made it illegal for video distributors to sell any tape that wasn’t certified by the BBFC or to
- British Board of Film Classification - Wikipedia
In theory this authority could be revoked, but in practice such a revocation has never been suggested, since most local authorities simply do not have the resources needed to do such things as remove cuts, pass films that the BBFC rejected and vice versa, put in place new cuts, etc., regularly.
- Video nasty - Wikipedia
As well as not passing any film liable to be found obscene, the BBFC imposed additional bans and cuts on films such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Claims, since proven at best to be speculative, at worst outright media fabrication, relating to the Hungerford massacre and the murder of James ...
- List of works rejected by the British Board of Film Classification - Wikipedia
Online streaming platforms are not required to have their content certified by the BBFC, though many do. Over the years, several works have been refused a certificate, in effect banning them. Some of these works were later classified uncut, some were cut to meet the BBFC's guidelines, and some ...
- Censura cinematográfica - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Todo vĂdeo distribuido despuĂ©s del 1 de septiembre de 1985 tenĂa que cumplir con la Video Recordings Act y ser admitido para clasificaciĂłn por la BBFC. D, clasificaciĂłn restrictiva empleada en MĂ©xico. DPP List, lista de pelĂculas procesadas bajo acusaciĂłn de obscenidad en el Reino Unido.
- Agencia Británica de ClasificaciĂłn de PelĂculas - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la censura polĂtica de la BBFC pasĂł a manos de la DivisiĂłn de Filmes del Ministerio de InformaciĂłn, siendo esto permanente hasta hoy en dĂa.
- The BBFC: Sinisterly Censoring Their Own History? : The Indiependent
In 1992, their infamously scissor-loving head censor James Ferman went on TV and claimed he’d never pass the controversial horror film Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer for video release, believing it could be “dangerous” if viewed at ...
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