Another violence avoider here. American movies need more sex, less violence.
I just watched Fight Club for the first time. In the commentary, Fincher said the Americans had no problem with any of the violence in it, but the British questioned the most violent fight. (I think he ended up trimming it back a teeny bit. FC has several extremely bloody fights, but has a lot of other interesting, weird things going on.)
But they got a very hard time from the studio about sexual content *that you have to imagine*. One was the appearance of Brad Pitt wearing a big rubber industrial glove (as though he had been using it in the bedroom, non-specifically. It was Pitt's own idea, and I think it was hilarious.)
They also freaked out about a one second shot of condoms in a toilet. Both of these jokes were a little gross, but compared to bloody pulps of faces, de nada. At least for me.
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Date: 2007-03-01 08:00 pm (UTC)I just watched Fight Club for the first time. In the commentary, Fincher said the Americans had no problem with any of the violence in it, but the British questioned the most violent fight. (I think he ended up trimming it back a teeny bit. FC has several extremely bloody fights, but has a lot of other interesting, weird things going on.)
But they got a very hard time from the studio about sexual content *that you have to imagine*. One was the appearance of Brad Pitt wearing a big rubber industrial glove (as though he had been using it in the bedroom, non-specifically. It was Pitt's own idea, and I think it was hilarious.)
They also freaked out about a one second shot of condoms in a toilet. Both of these jokes were a little gross, but compared to bloody pulps of faces, de nada. At least for me.