Posted on 10/19/2007 9:34:08 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
NEW YORK - Hollywood director Brian De Palma has lashed out at what he calls the censorship of his new film about Iraq and the chilling effect of corporate America on the war. De Palma's film, "Redacted," is based on the true story of a group of U.S. soldiers who raped and killed a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdered members of her family. It has stunned audiences for its shocking images and rattled American conservative commentators before its U.S. opening next month.
But De Palma says he is upset that the documentary-style drama has been censored.
The film's distributor, Magnolia Pictures, ordered the faces of dead Iraqis shown in a montage of photographs at the end of the film be blacked out...
De Palma has loudly argued the issue in public, including sparring with Eamonn Bowles, the president of Magnolia...Bowles countered that possible future lawsuits by the families of the dead Iraqis meant the photos had to be edited...
"We were always open about letting him make the sort of film he wanted to make," Bowles said, adding not many distribution companies would have supported the film at all.
De Palma, who has criticized Hollywood for not being willing to finance such independent films, said he was shocked at his own lack of editorial control.
"I can't even get the photographs out there, that was all surprising to me," he said...Bowles admitted Magnolia could not insure the film if it ran the unedited photos, which were too graphic to run in mainstream newspapers or television reports.
De Palma, who looked at the atrocities of conflict in the 1989 film "Casualties of War," which also centers on the rape of a young girl by U.S. soldiers...
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No Mr. De Palma, what is surpring is that a young stout U.S. Marine hasn't kicked your ass!
He is a sick, violence-worshipping bastard who makes the kind of movies I would never watch, even if paid to do so. I suspect he is also a physical coward.
I think the headline was complete at just “Director De Palma disturbed.”
This perv has been obsessed with psychosexual violence for decades, witness the recurring themes in his movies from the 70’s to date. It might be revealing to hear from ex-wife Nancy Allen what he was like behind closed doors. We already know what he’s like, through his cinematic obsessions, outside the confines of privacy.
He ought to remain within the realm of his sickness without trying to infect domestic politics with the same disease. There’s plenty of that as it is in D.C.
BS. They couldn't insure the film if it ran photos of these people without CLEARANCE from the families.
It isn't the "graphic" nature of the photos that causes this "problem".
Time-Lies only ran the photo of the dead US soldier being dragged through the streets of Somalia AFTER they airbrushed out his exposed genitalia. THAT was too much for Time-Lies.
DePalma is beneath contempt.
He knows all about sadism and has profited nicely from it.
First of all, only the Government can “censure” something. Otherwise it is a market decision by the owners of flick.
But Brian De Palma seems to have a thing for child-rape.
He is not fit to shine Hitchcock’s shoes.
If this movie is the truth about every soilder, then every director/producer in Hollywood is Roman Polanski. Lock them all up for sexual abuse of children.
It breaks my heart that these brave soldiers that he is depicting as murdering rapists are the very ones that are fighting and dying so that this POS has the freedom to make and say these vile things.
“The only way Brian De Palma can depict American soldiers is as child-raping murderers.”
Yup, forget about the countless good deeds being done by our soldiers over there...let’s focus on the rare exception.
Re: “We’re marketing ‘Redacted’ not as an Iraq film necessarily but as a film that is going to provide an experience that is going to be rich for moviegoers,” said Jeff Reichert, Magnolia senior vp publicity and marketing
“Rich” to movie-goers?
Yes, if those movie-goers are islamic jihadists!
Has creative genius Brian ever considered financing his own projects? Didn't think so.
“First of all, only the Government can “censure” something. Otherwise it is a market decision by the owners of flick.”
Michael Moore whined about the same thing when he was shopping his piece of crap F911 around.
“I’m being censored.” No, Michael, they’re making a business decision. Don’t like it? Pay to distribute it yourself.
That's an excellent point. The liberal perception is that this movie isn't a "slice of life" -- rather, it's an indictment against the entire system. There's no grounds for that at all.
It p***es the living f*** outta me that of all the incredibly heroic stuff our men and women are doing over there, my fellow filmmakers choose this kind of s**t to put on film.
Sorry to resort to DU-style modes of expre**ion... but I am mad.
First, I don't remember any commentators I listen to even mentioning this movie, much less being "rattled" by it.
On the other hand, if I saw it I'd probably be rattled by it, I don't watch violence like this, it rattles me.
But is it expected that conservative commentators would be effected by the movie and liberal commentators would not?
Are they saying the conservative commentators would be upset at depicting our soldiers this way, but liberals would be happy with it?
What is the meaning of this throwaway line "rattled conservative commentators"?
“I can’t even get the photographs out there, that was all surprising to me,” he said...And why would it be so important to get the photo’s out there? perhaps to depict U.S. soldiers in a bad light?...You would never need U.S. soldiers to protect you Mr. De Palma would you? The radical left is very comfortable trashing the troops that defend us. They despise it when America shows its strength to the rest of the world. I see why democrats are always so down and sour about life...Well, Mr. De Palma and friends: there’s the door, don’t let it hit you in the ass on the way out! Perhaps France would be more to your liking because this country is not going socialist EVER!
Thats interesting.... but not surprising.
I second that.
To make a 2 or 3 hour movie about an unfortunate incident that makes our troops look bad is rediculous! Where in hell are the movies or t.v series about the lifes of our troops and what they go through daily defending us? Would it be that difficult to make a series or movie based on a squad of men on duty in Iraq and the patrols they go on? What’s the problem????....Hollywierd won’t make it cause it’s not P.C.?...and yet this left wing whackjob, Brian De Numbnut can make this garbage for the left? Hollywierdo go “F” yourself!
Perhaps De Palma’s next film can be about the rape and torture murder in Masachusetts of little Joseph Curly by two gay men who watched the NAMBLA website right before they killed Curly...
Dear Mr. De Palma,
From what I have read about “Redacted” and saw in “Casualties of War,” it seems that you have not grown much. Frankly I am disgusted with you and your pictures, because you are nothing but a socialist anti-American propagandist. Why is it that you can only depict the American soldiers as Rapist and Killers? You never focus on countless good deeds being done by our soldiers over there. Wars bring out both the worst and best in men. Yet you only focus on the rare minority that commits crimes. What you don’t point out is that the number of those who commit crimes or take drugs, IS LESS THAT THEIR CIVILIAN COUNTER PARTS. Should you have produced films like this after WWII, you would be run out of town and tried as a traitor.
The men who severed their country during it wars, INCLUDING VIET NAM AND IRAQ, were (are) the best of their generation. They have more courage and a stronger moral base, than cowards like you will ever have. These young men responded to their countries call, served honorable, and returned to civilian life often with the scares of war. Yet you liberal bastards have insulted and debased the American solder for over three decades. These actions, and those of the other liberal elites, should be considered sedition. You need to leave your liberal bubble, and talk to real Americans. Maybe then you will realize what filthy trash you produce. You know all about sadism and have profited nicely from it, a pervert that has been obsessed with psychosexual violence for decades.
You Sir are a disgusting individual. The worst that can happen to you is that the movie going public turns their backs on you and refuse to go to your disgusting filthy movies.
Brian De Palma
c/o Julie Thomson
Creative Artists Agency
9830 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA
Tel.: (310) 288-4545
Fax.: (310) 288-4800
I wonder why Mr. De Palma does not choose to base movies on true stories like the beheadings of Nick Berg, Paul Johnson, Kristian Menchaca and Thomas Tucker. Is it that Mr. De Palma is too full of hate and loathing of the United States and of our military? Who would pay money to watch movies that depict our soldiers in a bad light? Is he making movies for our enemies?
They don’t want us to judge muslims by the actions of terrorists, but it’s ok to judge our whole military based on a few bad apples. Liberals crack me up.
“De Palma’s film, “Redacted,” is based on the true story of a group of U.S. soldiers who raped and killed a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdered members of her family.”
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Ah, Rooters. Leftist Tools.
Nobody wanted to see it anyway.
Liberals are cracked up!.....
EXACTLY!
If islamic terrorists ever got their hands on De Palma, they would gladly film their torture and beheading of him. Bet that thought never entered his head.
Casualties Of War Part II
DePalma has other Hollywood product. NONE of it worthy of financial support.
Do you buy pre-Communist Jane Fonda products on DVD?
Yep.
It's the standard M.O. of liberals to find the most emotional, provocative single example they can find and inexplicably imply that it describes the whole group. It's the very definition of fallacy, and it's extremely dishonest.
Lord Haw Haw would have been proud of this guy.
It didn’t say ‘boycottdepalma’. I was referring to this film in particular. DePalma had a series of massive flops in the 90s and hs been working with European financing since then. And I don’t allow the political beliefs of an artist to color my appreciation of the art. And I highly doubt Fonda gets any roylaties from her 1960s films. So enjoy ‘Cat Ballou’ with peace of mind.
To clarify this particular project is tasteless exploitation and I have no intention of seeing it.
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20071012/SPORTS05/110120110/1005/SPORTS
Even Cuban was grossed out. See: http://washingtontimes.com/article/20071012/SPORTS05/110120110/1005/SPORTS
So does Sen. Webb of VA.
I have a huge DVD collection, including films from all over the world. And I don’t own a single Brian de Palma film. And proud of it!
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