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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1991|1991]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]==== | |||
====Subject::[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video]] [[:Category:|Category:]] [[:Category:|Category:]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]==== | |||
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'''Location:''' | '''Location:''' England | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''Henry'' is loosely based on the exploits of serial killer, Henry Lee Lucas. Although containing scenes of extreme violence, its controversy comes from it being shot in such a manner so that the viewer sees the violence in the film with the same cold detached view of a serial killer. It has been described as "a morally blank film" <P> | ||
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'''Results of Incident:''' The BBFC not only made many extra cuts to the video version, but rearranged a scene of Henry and his sidekick watching a video they took of themselves invading a home. McNaughton describes this as the "key scene of the picture." <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' The BBFC not only made many extra cuts to the video version, but rearranged a scene of Henry and his sidekick watching a video they took of themselves invading a home. McNaughton describes this as the "key scene of the picture." <P> | ||
The board explained that they believed watching the scene of a video taping on a video would make it seem considerably more real than being on a film screen. This would allow a small proportion of viewers, they say, to live out their sick fantasies over and over again. <P> | The board explained that they believed watching the scene of a video taping on a video would make it seem considerably more real than being on a film screen. This would allow a small proportion of viewers, they say, to live out their sick fantasies over and over again. <P> | ||
As a result, the video of | As a result, the video of ''Henry'' is more censored than the film version in Britain. <P> | ||
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[[Category:John McNaughton]] | [[Category:John McNaughton]] | ||
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