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jroadley
12-01-2002, 18:04
Folks, anyone know the DVD aspect ratio of above film? Seems to be some conflicting reports - DVD Profiler has it at 1.33:1 and the IMDB have it at 1.66:1 :confused:

Anyone got the disc and can confirm the O.A.R?
claushn
12-01-2002, 18:45
The OAR of the film is 1.66:1. The region 1 is 1.33:1, but there is a French version available which, according to a review, is 1.66:1 but non-anamorphic.


http://www.dvdrama.net/fiche.php3?1661


Claus
Hendrik
12-01-2002, 22:21
...the DVDRama review talks of the 'Benelux' release (note it has optional Dutch subtitles - none in English, though)...

...the French French release (which is not -yet?- for sale, but for rental only) is anamorphic 1.66:1, and has no subtitles in any language, not even French...

http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/fiche.php3?id=3034

...anamorphic or not, full-screen or not, this 'film' is merdique from beginning to end - IMNSHO, of course!

. . . :D . . .
Byron
13-01-2002, 11:40
And a side note; the accurate translation is "F(-word) Me". It was changed to "Rape Me" due to fears over Britains' sensitve disposition!:D
Michael Brooke
13-01-2002, 15:32
Since the film is now banned from French cinemas, it's not just us who are being sensitive!
Kit_Taylor
13-01-2002, 16:27
Is it really banned? I heard that it first got an X certificate for exhibition only in porn cinemas. This caused a kerfuffle, so the culture Minister resurrectexd the old 18 certificate that was superceded by X in the 70s. Anyone know owt?
kerbcrawler
14-01-2002, 16:36
The picture quality on the 4:3 US release is pretty ropey and the compositions do appear to be a bit out at times. However, much of this could easily be in the filming rather than the transfer.
Gary Couzens
14-01-2002, 21:54
Originally posted by Kit_Taylor
Is it really banned? I heard that it first got an X certificate for exhibition only in porn cinemas. This caused a kerfuffle, so the culture Minister resurrectexd the old 18 certificate that was superceded by X in the 70s. Anyone know owt?

The way I heard it, <i>Baise moi</i> was originally given a "16" rating, the same as other non-porn films containing hardcore sex (e.g. <i>Romance</i>). Protests followed, and the censor changed the rating to an "18", which is normally reserved for porn.

Incidentally, the OFLC (Australian censor) has given <i>Baise moi</i> a R 18+ certificate without any cuts. (Only a couple of years ago, the OFLC rather notoriously came unstuck over hardcore sexual material in non-porn films, when it found it couldn't classify <i>Romance</i>. The resulting fuss caused the OFLC to liberalise the R rating to allow hardcore sex, hence allowing <i>Ai no corrida</i> to be classified for the first time, uncut.)