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Foreign films released in The States (USA) containing removed material

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  1. brainwashed

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    Many foreign films have been released in The States - USA. Quite often "sensitive" material (basically sex and / or social taboo material in The States) have been removed. A way to ferret out if this has happened is to look at the play length of USA version and lets say other countries release length - European countries, Japan, Korea, Taiwan.

    Other times a film is not even "available" in The States - altogether.

    Do you think this is censorship, a violation of the First Amendment?

    What drives this in The States?
     
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  2. hangwithmejoe

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    Dunno, but I'm still mad about the movie "Pride"'s dvd cover omitting any mention of LGBT, Pride flags, ect. For a movie called Pride! Why?
     
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    blame the MPAA. it has to do with more of censorship, which is pretty damn outdated
     
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    Mmm, whether it's the right thing to do to a film is a mix bag, I guess. On one hand things that can get censored or removed may alter the image/intention of the film. On the other hand sometimes I'm glad I didn't see what was removed, if I learn about said removal of a scene (an example of the latter is there was an anime movie I was watching that I think I read originally had a rape scene in it, but it was removed in the version I watched).

    I think I remember learning about a censorship type thing in political systems and, although it's been altered over the years, I think it still exists. Essentially it's all about keeping things considered lewd out of the public eye. Then, of course, there's just...social stigma that keeps things censored and repressed.
     
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