re-rated r uncut?
so what was cut from this film in the first place? i have not seen the unrated version or the re-rated r version....
shareMostly frontal male nudity was cut in a long sequence at a bath house. Back in 1989 full frontal male was enough to give a film an X. The DVD is uncut and (supposedly) the full version was given an R now.
shareI just watched the unrated VHS version, ironically on the Virgin label, and the amount of male as well as female nudity is surprising here. I suspect that material that was cut for the R-rated release revolved more around the drug use than the male nudity, which is relatively brief and in the background.
shareI respectfully disagree with you. Back in 1989 frontal male nudity was still considered too strong for an R rated movie. Also most of the footage cut was just the male nudity at the bath house the doctor goes too. Drug use in this was pretty tame and well within an R rating.
shareMaybe, maybe not. Films like "Equus" has full male frontal in the '70s and still had an R. I know male nudity was and remains taboo in films, but it just seems like it wasn't the biggest factor here (so to speak). I thought the constant crack smoking, the violence and that early eyeball surgery scene would disqualify this for an R-rating in 1989.
shareThe violence here was actually pretty tame considering what the "Nightmare on Elm Streets" and "Friday the 13ths" had going. Also I read in Video Watchdog that the scenes cut out for the R rating all had to do with the male nudity. True, "Equus" had it but it was necessary for the integrity of the story. Here it wasn't.
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