Movie #801 "This Film is Not Yet Rated" talks quite extensively on how the ratings system works like censorship, and it has many problems. Here are a few: not consistent, they aren't specific as to what you should change unless you are affiliated with a big movie company (so they target indies); they have a lot of power because if they rate your film NC17 you lose advertisers, you can't put a commercial on t.v. and it has been proven you can lose millions of dollars. Here is another problem ---no one knows who is on this board and if they have any knowledge. It's kind of funny but the director of this film hired a private investigator to find out who was on the ratings board ---- and she (the PI) got all the names and could only talk to one former one to get info on what they exactly do --- the board of appeals is another group that is anonymous, but the PI found out all of them are CEO's of big companies. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark i.e. movie land. I was kind on the side of needing some parental guidance on these films (I myself, not having any kids, still look at ratings because I don't like huge gratuitous sex scenes in films, or graphic violence, so I find the ratings help me personally. But I can see the other side now, as well. There are huge problems with the rating system --- so I'm kind of glad they have something, but it should be cleaned up. But I felt that way with the whole Forensic/Speech Team activity in the IHSA --- I see it doing good for a lot of people, but it needs to be cleaned up! I'm thinking there are a lot of programs like that in our society so there 's a possible job --- a troubleshooter who goes around and "cleans them up".
This Film Is Not Yet Rated200690 minutes - I gave it 3 out of 5 stars
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence. Interviewees include John Waters, Darren Aronofsky, Maria Bello, Atom Egoyan and more.
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