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• Interesting that several of the films are religious in nature...that are considered controversial... - TWB 20:24:02 06/12/06 (3)
  In Reply to: Most controversial movies.... posted by slapshot on June 12, 2006 at 06:45:53:

  but then again matters surrounding the existence/nonexistence of a God or Gods has always been controversial...
  
  

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  • That's because they're Christian in an increasingly non-Christian society. - clarkjohnsen 08:32:07 06/13/06 (2)
    In Reply to: Interesting that several of the films are religious in nature...that are considered controversial... posted by TWB on June 12, 2006 at 20:24:02:

    Even the Kazantzakis is pro-Christ, although perhaps less so the Scorsese movie... I missed it...

    clark
    
    

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    • The Last Temptation...is an interesting film...you should rent it.... - TWB 10:25:46 06/13/06 (1)
      In Reply to: That's because they're Christian in an increasingly non-Christian society. posted by clarkjohnsen on June 13, 2006 at 08:32:07:

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      • Re: Agreed, but many... - Dave-A 21:38:15 06/23/06 (0)
        In Reply to: The Last Temptation...is an interesting film...you should rent it.... posted by TWB on June 13, 2006 at 10:25:46:

        didn't get it...and others just obeyed their histerical clergy and stayed away.

        Considering Clark's statement, he didn't get it either...except for the matter of our non-Christian society. Just not in the way he thinks, I am afraid.

        Later
        D
        
        

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• EW Qualified Their List in their Mag - Daryl Zero 17:58:06 06/12/06 (0)
  In Reply to: Most controversial movies.... posted by slapshot on June 12, 2006 at 06:45:53:

  That is Entertainment Weekly's list. They qualified it:

  "Collectively, they are many things. Outrageous. Deplorable. Challenging. And even deeply rewarding. We declined to include such inside-baseball controversies like Citizen Kane, or controversies that raged mostly among critics, like Blue Velvet. Instead, we focused on films that remind us that movies are a social experience, and that have the power to shake, rattle, and roll the world."
  
  

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• "The Birth of a Nation" should have been #1 most controversial...nt - dwill123 16:55:54 06/12/06 (1)
  In Reply to: Most controversial movies.... posted by slapshot on June 12, 2006 at 06:45:53:

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  • Yes! nt - clarkjohnsen 08:32:47 06/13/06 (0)
    In Reply to: "The Birth of a Nation" should have been #1 most controversial...nt posted by dwill123 on June 12, 2006 at 16:55:54:

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• No Blue Velvet? * - mr grits 16:26:49 06/12/06 (0)
  In Reply to: Most controversial movies.... posted by slapshot on June 12, 2006 at 06:45:53:

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  Ex nihilo, nihil fit . . .
  
  

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• Re: Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom... - Jeff Starrs 11:16:20 06/12/06 (1)
  In Reply to: Most controversial movies.... posted by slapshot on June 12, 2006 at 06:45:53:

  ...heavy.
  
  

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  • I don't know if it is controversial but definitely disturbing nt - Daryl Zero 03:44:19 06/14/06 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom... posted by Jeff Starrs on June 12, 2006 at 11:16:20:

    aaa
    
    

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• Re: Most controversial movies.... - AudioHead 10:58:56 06/12/06 (0)
  In Reply to: Most controversial movies.... posted by slapshot on June 12, 2006 at 06:45:53:

  'Freaks', ironically enough, is foremost a human interest story;'Island of Lost Souls' was banned from viewing in England for a large number of years, I believe; 'Last House On The Left' was somewhat controversial: Roger Ebert rated it 4 stars, Leonard Maltin rated it a disgusting bomb! ~AH
  
  

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• I would take the Deep Throat over the JFK any day... not sure what's so contraversial about THAT? - Victor Khomenko 09:49:59 06/12/06 (3)
  In Reply to: Most controversial movies.... posted by slapshot on June 12, 2006 at 06:45:53:

  I wonder what was so "contraversial" about the Caligula?
  

  
  
  
  

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  • Caligula was hardcore porn mixed with the likes of Sir John Gielgud - Cardinal 17:05:32 06/12/06 (1)
    In Reply to: I would take the Deep Throat over the JFK any day... not sure what's so contraversial about THAT? posted by Victor Khomenko on June 12, 2006 at 09:49:59:

    Pretty controversial.

    Not sure what's so controversial about Blue Velvet
    
    

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    • Caligula/ Penthouse/Guccione's attempt at cinema....Lynch/Blue Velvet= weird for weird's sake - TWB 20:46:43 06/12/06 (0)
      In Reply to: Caligula was hardcore porn mixed with the likes of Sir John Gielgud posted by Cardinal on June 12, 2006 at 17:05:32:

      I rushed out to see Caligula when it came out but was very dissappointed that it was nothing more than a disjointed film with some hard-core porn thrown in for fun...Rushed out to see Blue Velvet as well based on my viewing of Elephant Man (which IMHO is one of the best films I've ever seen) and after said...huh? As a friend of mine described it "that movie was weird for weird's sake...Lynch redeemed himself with The Straight Story though...
      
      

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  • Re: You would take Deep Throat? - Jeff Starrs 10:19:09 06/12/06 (0)
    In Reply to: I would take the Deep Throat over the JFK any day... not sure what's so contraversial about THAT? posted by Victor Khomenko on June 12, 2006 at 09:49:59:

    Really, Victor!
    
    

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• Written by a Media Groupie - grhughes 07:42:13 06/12/06 (0)
  In Reply to: Most controversial movies.... posted by slapshot on June 12, 2006 at 06:45:53:

  It seems this article was motivated more by advertisers and mass market brand marketing analysis people than anyone who knows anything about films and cinema: I would think that Tod Browning's FREAKS, Orson Wells, CITIZEN KANE, Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL, Martin Scorsezee's THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, and I would have thought DOCTOR STRANGELOVE would have ranked higher than A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. Kubrick even had to place a disclaimer at the head after it was released. It is certainly his better piece IMHO. Gilliam had to place a full complaint page ad in a newspaper to get MCA to release BRAZIL. If Wells hadn't threatened to sue RKO over right of free speech, CITIZEN KANE would never have been released and probably burned. Ray Hughes
  "I take you as you are
  And make of you what I will,
  Skunk-bear, carcajou, bloodthirsty
  Non-survivor.
  Lord, let me die but not die out." THE LAST WOLVERINE by James Dickey
  
  

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