This Film is Not Yet Rated

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IFC-produced, this baloney is all about how movie ratings are decided. In 1968 the American film industry decided to give itself ratings voluntarily out of fear that the government would step in to censor. So the MPAA was created and they made the ratings you see today: G, PG, PG13, R, or NC17. You almost never see the NC17 because nobody wants that rating for their movie. It means no kids 17 or under allowed even if they are with their parents. The reason these ratings are so important, is that an NC17 rating is harder to sell. Movie studios won't release films with this rating, so films have to be changed to fit milder ratings. So even though the ratings are voluntary and don't mean anything, they have a massive impact on the production of films. The ratings are decided by mysterious people in a closed room. Usually graphic violence will get you an R but the NC17 is reserved for gay shit and sex that looks interesting. Interviews with directors, writers, actors etc., many of whom have been fucked with by this rating system. The MPAA is bullshit.

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