Why are there never any "rated NC-17" movies playing in theaters?!
Question: Why are there never any "rated NC-17" movies playing in theaters!?
Everytime I go to the movie theater the only movies they have is G, PG, PG13 and R but never NC17 no matter what theater Im at!. NC17 is a new rating that been around for many years that the Motion Picture Association of America now uses and it used to be called X and its means people under 17 are NOT allowed and rated R means an adult has to be with you!. Im very curious about this because at the movie theater there is a big sign that tells you all the ratings and what they mean and they do include NC-17!. I been to sooooo many movie theaters many times for many years and I never ever ever seen a NC-17 movie listed anywhere in a movie theater!. I know people think its bad and not for children to see but why is it that I never seen it listed or playing in any movie theater!? I know NC-17 movies might be just more inappropriate than R but I just wanna know why I never seen it at any theater, because any public movie theater is supposed to be able have them just like any other rating!. I am 18 years old, but I dont really actually care that much about seeing a NC-17 movie, Im just waiting to go to a theater and look at the list of movies and actually see a movie on the list with NC-17 written right next to it!. That is something I never ever saw and I wanna know why I never seen that because I go to movie theaters all the time!? I wanna know if there had ever been a NC-17 movie playing in a regular public movie theater!.!.!.!.
please give me more info on thisWww@Enter-QA@Com
please give me more info on thisWww@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
First off, theres not that many NC17 movies made!. The reason for that is money!. NC17 make almost no money!. I'm film graduate and i do all horror stuff!. Which is where you'll find most NC17 movies!. House of a 100 Corpses is a good example!. The first cut of it was NC17 but the studio made Zombie recut it down to R so it would do well at the movies!. As for and NC17 movies playing in theatres, yes its rare!. Depending on where you live, if you can find an underground theatre, they'll probably show one every once and awhile!. I just saw Cannibal Holocaust, rated X not NC17 but close!. There is one horror film i know of thats rated NC17 and played in theaters callled Murder Set Pieces!. Theres a rated R version out on dvd now!. I hope that helps!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I saw one listed in theaters a few years ago (i think around 2004 or 2005) i belive it was called The Dreamers or something like that!. It was in a normal public theater!. Usually those films only get played at special/art house theaters thoughWww@Enter-QA@Com
They never play them at public theaters!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
less money in themWww@Enter-QA@Com
It's the stigma associated with the NC-17 rating!. Back in the early '90s, they changed the "X" rating to "NC-17!." The first movie released with that rating was "Henry and June," and it completely flopped!. (I've heard it's a terrible movie!.) I remember it coming out when I was in high school, and it was playing at the local suburban multiplex!.
Since then, I don't think most filmmakers want to take that chance!. The rating limits the audience who can see the movie, and a lot of people still associate films dealing with "adult" subject matter as pornographic!.
I have seen at least one film rated NC-17 in the theater!. That was "Young Adam" with Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton, and it was excellent (as in I bought it on DVD afterwards)!. It played at the local art house theater, as did movies like "Bad Education" and "Y Tu Mama Tambien!." I think the only way they get released in theaters is if they're foreign films and there's a big name actor or director associated with them!. Then, there's a decent chance they will make some money!. It's almost like with documentaries!. Yes, there's an audience for movies rated NC-17, but it's rare that the audience is huge!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Since then, I don't think most filmmakers want to take that chance!. The rating limits the audience who can see the movie, and a lot of people still associate films dealing with "adult" subject matter as pornographic!.
I have seen at least one film rated NC-17 in the theater!. That was "Young Adam" with Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton, and it was excellent (as in I bought it on DVD afterwards)!. It played at the local art house theater, as did movies like "Bad Education" and "Y Tu Mama Tambien!." I think the only way they get released in theaters is if they're foreign films and there's a big name actor or director associated with them!. Then, there's a decent chance they will make some money!. It's almost like with documentaries!. Yes, there's an audience for movies rated NC-17, but it's rare that the audience is huge!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I took a class on film history and basically here's how it went!.
Originally NC-17's equivalent rating was X!. There were some very successful rated X films like the Midnight Cowboy!. However with the (regular) film industry going down the tubes and lots of exploitation films finding niches, porn was becoming popular!. Soon porn began to rate themselves "proudly" XXX!. However, the film industry got many complaints about differentiating between the two!.!.!. (How do I know my teenager and I are not going to a porno, etc)!.
So X films stopped being made!. Then after a while there was a revival of more hardcore films!.!.!. but they thought a new rating had to be made so that the "porno" association wouldn't be made between the "real" artistic films versus crappy porno!. NC-17 was thus created!. A few NC-17 films were created, one was namely Showgirls!. They flopped like gangbusters!. So no one creates NC-17 anymore because they think it's too much a risk!.
NC-17 for sure usually have more explicit sex!.!.!. and sometimes more explicit violence than R!. But usually it's not taken to the porno extreme (although still pretty graphic)!.
I have seen one NC-17 film (when I was 20) and that was Lust, Caution!. Holy crap, did that have some graphic sex!. There was every crazy sex position imaginable (though there was an actual reason for it!.!.!. the sex scenes were filmed in a sort of cautionary, wary, "creepy" way as if to warn!.!.!. note the name of the film "Lust, Caution!.")!. One sex position, I couldn't even tell what was going on, LOL!. Arms and legs all over the place!.
Usually the theater chains more friendly to Indie films play more NC-17!. Legit NC-17 films are still around but kinda hard to find!. I usually watch mine at the Landmark theater chain!. Www@Enter-QA@Com
Originally NC-17's equivalent rating was X!. There were some very successful rated X films like the Midnight Cowboy!. However with the (regular) film industry going down the tubes and lots of exploitation films finding niches, porn was becoming popular!. Soon porn began to rate themselves "proudly" XXX!. However, the film industry got many complaints about differentiating between the two!.!.!. (How do I know my teenager and I are not going to a porno, etc)!.
So X films stopped being made!. Then after a while there was a revival of more hardcore films!.!.!. but they thought a new rating had to be made so that the "porno" association wouldn't be made between the "real" artistic films versus crappy porno!. NC-17 was thus created!. A few NC-17 films were created, one was namely Showgirls!. They flopped like gangbusters!. So no one creates NC-17 anymore because they think it's too much a risk!.
NC-17 for sure usually have more explicit sex!.!.!. and sometimes more explicit violence than R!. But usually it's not taken to the porno extreme (although still pretty graphic)!.
I have seen one NC-17 film (when I was 20) and that was Lust, Caution!. Holy crap, did that have some graphic sex!. There was every crazy sex position imaginable (though there was an actual reason for it!.!.!. the sex scenes were filmed in a sort of cautionary, wary, "creepy" way as if to warn!.!.!. note the name of the film "Lust, Caution!.")!. One sex position, I couldn't even tell what was going on, LOL!. Arms and legs all over the place!.
Usually the theater chains more friendly to Indie films play more NC-17!. Legit NC-17 films are still around but kinda hard to find!. I usually watch mine at the Landmark theater chain!. Www@Enter-QA@Com
The people who make movie don't want an NC-17 rating!. Statistics show that movies that are given this rating make way less money than an R or PG-13!. Most movies that are assigned an NC-17 rating are taken back to the editing room and retooled to lower it to an R!. "Showgirls" with Elizabeth Berkley was rated NC-17!.
A lot of well known films were rated NC-17 before they were edited!. "American Pie" "American Psycho" "Eyes Wide Shut" ""Devils Rejects" "Boys Don't Cry" Usually these films are released to DVD under the "Unrated" version!.
If you are really curious about this, check out the highly entertaining and eye openingdocumentaryy "This Film Is Not Yet Rated"!. This discusses the motivations and decisions of the MPAA!. This has commentary from a lot of directors who were forced to edit their films to avoid an NC-17 and why they did it!. Its all about a small group of people who feel it is their right to tell the rest of us what we should and can watch!. I personally find it disgusting!. I would not attempt to tell someone else what is appropriate for them, so why is it okay for someone to do it to me!. Just because they don't want to watch it doesn't I shouldn't, and vice versa!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
A lot of well known films were rated NC-17 before they were edited!. "American Pie" "American Psycho" "Eyes Wide Shut" ""Devils Rejects" "Boys Don't Cry" Usually these films are released to DVD under the "Unrated" version!.
If you are really curious about this, check out the highly entertaining and eye openingdocumentaryy "This Film Is Not Yet Rated"!. This discusses the motivations and decisions of the MPAA!. This has commentary from a lot of directors who were forced to edit their films to avoid an NC-17 and why they did it!. Its all about a small group of people who feel it is their right to tell the rest of us what we should and can watch!. I personally find it disgusting!. I would not attempt to tell someone else what is appropriate for them, so why is it okay for someone to do it to me!. Just because they don't want to watch it doesn't I shouldn't, and vice versa!.Www@Enter-QA@Com