A SERBIAN FILM kommer på engelsk dvd... men den bliver ikke komplet og ucensureret

Det er lidt syret at se et dvd-cover fra A SERBIAN FILM med de karakteristiske engelske aldersangivelser forneden. Man skulle ikke tro, at denne film på nogen måde kunne slippe ud i England efter balladen forleden, hvor FILM4 FrightFest opgav at vise filmen, fordi BBFC ville have klippet næsten fire minutter ud af den.

BBFC-chefen David Cooke skriver følgende på den engelske censurmyndigheds hjemmeside: "It is the Board’s policy that at the adult category the Guideline concerns will not normally override the principle that adults should be free to choose their own entertainment. However, there are cases where the Board will intervene, even at ‘18’, where material or treatment appears to the BBFC to pose a credible potential harm risk to individuals or, through their behaviour, to society, and in particular where portrayals of sexual or sexualised violence might eroticise or endorse sexual assault or where children are portrayed in a sexualised context.

The cuts to A SERBIAN FILM do not detract from the message of the film but remove the most problematic images of sexual and sexualised violence. The section in the Board’s Guidelines which lists the possible grounds for compulsory cuts also includes material which portrays children in a sexualised or abusive context. Whilst the Board understands that these images are intended to make a political point, that does not remove the genuine harm risks to which they give rise."

På det tidspunkt kom der så følgende officielle udtalelse fra Revolver Entertainment, den engelske distributør: "In light of the BBFC's recent requested 49 cuts totalling approximately 3 mins 48 secs for the DVD / Blu-ray release of A Serbian Film, we remain committed to releasing the closest possible version of the film to the director's original cut. The company recognises that the film is an uncompromising, artistic and political statement from a unique filmmaking vision and remains fully supportive to the director. Revolver believes this is a film that deserves to be seen by both a theatrical and home entertainment UK audience".

Det lyder lidt i mine ører som om, at Revolver Entertainment vil forsøge at erstatte nogle af de "skadelige" scener med alternative skud og vinkler, hvis disse altså findes - men jeg har ikke umiddelbart fundet nogen bekræftelse på dette. Men man kan endnu ikke finde A SERBIAN FILM i BBFC's database, og det tyder på, at Revolver Entertainment vil sende den til bedømmelse en gang mere. Under alle omstændigheder står den til at udkomme på dvd i England den 18. oktober.

Jeg kan i øvrigt læse på diverse fora, at folk downloader A SERBIAN FILM helt vildt - det er virkelig en film, mange er helt syge for at se... og så efterfølgende bliver lidt syge af at have set. Den skulle virkelig være slem.