violence? yes; sex? no — the rules of movie rating

just got back from watching “this film is not yet rated”, which is an interesting and at points disturbing view behind the scenes of hollywood’s inner workings — the way the mpaa rates movies.

boingboing has a good recap of the movie: This Film is Not Rated - must-see doc about MPAA ratings

the money quote for me was “the board said that the woman’s orgasm in one scene was too long, that’s why it was rated NC17 rather than R.” the world certainly can’t allow long female orgasms. violence on the other hand, who cares, just no blood please. in a way the movie is a good mirror on america’s hypocrisy when it comes to sex and violence.

i have to agree with boingboing, this is certainly a must see movie.