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Posted by The Man With No Name on 01/23/06 04:51
Yes, the American DVD is censored (Warner has a policy against releasing
DVDs that are Unrated or NC17)
The specific nature of the censorship is interesting... during the orgy
scene, CGI characters were added to the scene, obscuring certain sex-acts.
The uncensored scene was not particularly shocking, but it conflicted with
some of the MPAA's very specific rules about what can and can't be shown in
an 'R' rated movie (example, more than two 'thrusting' motions in a sex-act,
and the film gets an automatic NC17)
This is probably one of the most famous pieces of censorship in the history
of cinema so it shouldn't be too hard for you to find much more information
about it on the web.
While we're on the subject of Warner's Kubrick DVDs, I think I'll mention
there rather shoddy business practice of a few years ago (which they should
not be allowed to live down,) the DVDs were originally released with
mediocre transfers which displeased fans (Warner reportedly rushed the DVD
mastering process, to capitalise on the publicity from Kubrick's death.) So,
a year later, when everyone had already bought the shoddy-transfer
pressings, Warner transfered them properly to DVD and rereleased them. So
far, fine, except that Warner chose not to issue replacements to those who
had bought the earlier, flawed pressings.
This isn't terribly relevant to Eyes Wide Shut, but it seems worth dragging
up every now and then for the newcomers to DVD.
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