You mean like how the US military has a stated policy of wanting final approval on any film that uses their equipment? And of later blacklisting film-makers who make movies critical of the US military?
Or like how very few films (like ‘zero’) called out, say, the abuses of Harvey Weinstein before he got jailed, despite them being open knowledge for decades? (Yeah, I guess it’s completely different when a government does it instead of a single very wealthy individual…)
There is one thing to not help a movie that you don’t agree with, and another to ban it. Apocalypse Now was made without the support of us military band was a success.
For comparision in the Genius of Carpathian Mountains’s country (Romania), everything had to pass censor’s.
Again, the US government leaves censorship to the industry, which censors both inconsistently and stupidly because it’s so paranoid about possible government censorship. You probably should look a little bit deeper into film (and music) censorship in the USA sometime. It’s actually kind of amazing what people are getting away with imposing on others in the “Land of the Free”.
That’s true. Cross pre-#MeToo Weinstein (and “crossing” could be as simple as “not fucking him”) and you didn’t wind up in a work camp. You wound up in the exact opposite, in fact: completely and utterly unable to find work in your field.
It’s very different. No equivalency whatsoever. You’re absolutely right.
It’s very different. No equivalency whatsoever. You’re absolutely right.
Damn straight. Not even remotely the same level of severity. Being blacklisted in your field may suck and be unfair, but it’s nothing like being forced into hard labor by the most powerful organization in your country.
You mean like how the US military has a stated policy of wanting final approval on any film that uses their equipment? And of later blacklisting film-makers who make movies critical of the US military?
Or like how very few films (like ‘zero’) called out, say, the abuses of Harvey Weinstein before he got jailed, despite them being open knowledge for decades? (Yeah, I guess it’s completely different when a government does it instead of a single very wealthy individual…)
There is one thing to not help a movie that you don’t agree with, and another to ban it. Apocalypse Now was made without the support of us military band was a success.
For comparision in the Genius of Carpathian Mountains’s country (Romania), everything had to pass censor’s.
https://www.military.com/off-duty/7-crazy-facts-about-vietnam-war-film-apocalypse-now.html
Again, the US government leaves censorship to the industry, which censors both inconsistently and stupidly because it’s so paranoid about possible government censorship. You probably should look a little bit deeper into film (and music) censorship in the USA sometime. It’s actually kind of amazing what people are getting away with imposing on others in the “Land of the Free”.
Yes, very different from all that, because none of that gets you thrown in a work camp. Stop trying to draw false equivalences.
That’s true. Cross pre-#MeToo Weinstein (and “crossing” could be as simple as “not fucking him”) and you didn’t wind up in a work camp. You wound up in the exact opposite, in fact: completely and utterly unable to find work in your field.
It’s very different. No equivalency whatsoever. You’re absolutely right.
Damn straight. Not even remotely the same level of severity. Being blacklisted in your field may suck and be unfair, but it’s nothing like being forced into hard labor by the most powerful organization in your country.