twotterdhc6
Dec 12th, 2008, 11:09 AM
Apparently, it's a never before seen version without the love scenes!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/dec/11/ang-lee-television-italy-gay-scene-cut
Italians tuning in to their state TV network this week had a rare chance to see Brokeback Mountain, the tale of true friendship between two straight cowboys.
At least that was the version of Ang Lee's gay cowboy Oscar-winner broadcast by channel Rai Due. Two love scenes between the male protagonists had been excised, provoking furious accusations from gay-rights groups of censorship driven by creeping homophobia in Italy.
I love their explanation:
Rai on Tuesday claimed the cuts were an honest mistake and promised to broadcast the full version of the 2005 film. In a statement, the network explained that it had asked Italian distributor Bim for a copy suitable for broadcast before the watershed. As the film had only been certified for viewers over the age of 14 in Italian cinemas, Bim went back to Italian censors for a new cut, which it then supplied to Rai. The mistake, said the network, was that programmers decided to air it after the watershed, "without checking" first which version it was.
Have fun with this everyone, but try not to make it political....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/dec/11/ang-lee-television-italy-gay-scene-cut
Italians tuning in to their state TV network this week had a rare chance to see Brokeback Mountain, the tale of true friendship between two straight cowboys.
At least that was the version of Ang Lee's gay cowboy Oscar-winner broadcast by channel Rai Due. Two love scenes between the male protagonists had been excised, provoking furious accusations from gay-rights groups of censorship driven by creeping homophobia in Italy.
I love their explanation:
Rai on Tuesday claimed the cuts were an honest mistake and promised to broadcast the full version of the 2005 film. In a statement, the network explained that it had asked Italian distributor Bim for a copy suitable for broadcast before the watershed. As the film had only been certified for viewers over the age of 14 in Italian cinemas, Bim went back to Italian censors for a new cut, which it then supplied to Rai. The mistake, said the network, was that programmers decided to air it after the watershed, "without checking" first which version it was.
Have fun with this everyone, but try not to make it political....