World Movies launches banned films promos
Foxtel’s World Movies channel will tonight launch two promos for its season of films banned around the world which it will be airing for the first time on Australian television.
As the only channel in the country permitted to play films with an R18+ rating on national television, World Movies will broadcast the ‘Films that shocked the World’ from August 19-23.
The promos were produced in house.
With movies such as The Human Centipede, about a German doctor who kidnaps three tourists and joins them surgically, Deep Throat, and Cannibal Holocaust, they are said to have caused protests, arrests, and moral outrage.
Chris Keely, World Movies general manager, said: “World Movies is in a unique position to give Australians the chance to see some of the world’s most controversial movies with our narrowcast license. People want to see these films and make up their own minds about them, so we are presenting them without judgement over one unmissable week.”
The films:
The Human Centipede (Netherlands, 2009) 9.30pm Monday 19 August
This horror film tells the story of a German doctor who kidnaps three tourists and joins them surgically, forming a “human centipede”. It was claimed to be “100% medically accurate” upon its release, and has been described as “the most horrific film ever made” by critics.
Kids (US, 1995) 9.30pm Tuesday 20 August
Written by Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers), this was controversial director Larry Clark’s first film and was only released in the US without a classification. Depicting adolescent sex, illicit drug use and extreme themes, Kids was called both a “wake-up call to the modern world” and “morally bankrupt”.
Cannibal Holocaust (Italy, 1980) 9.30pm Wednesday 21 August
This cannibal film caused a storm of controversy in the 80s, after being labelled a “snuff film” in which actors
were allegedly killed in front of the camera. The director was arrested for murder, and despite being acquitted after the actors were proved to be alive, the film was banned in many countries around the world, including Australia until it was reclassified in 2005.
Deep Throat (US, 1972) 9.30pm Thursday 22 August
The infamous Linda Lovelace shot to notoriety for her role in this classic, which is the first pornographic film to feature a storyline. Tame by today’s standards, Deep Throat was banned throughout the US and UK and was labelled by one critic as “a Sodom and Gomorrah gone wild before the fire”.
Baise-moi (France, 2000) 9.30pm Friday 23 August
Receiving intense media coverage for its graphic depiction of sex and violence, this film tells the story of two women who embark on a road trip of revenge through France. Its banning in Australia was met with outspoken protests against censorship, while it was cut-down or banned completely in many other countries. World Movies presents an R18+ cut of this controversial film.
World Movies is run by SBS. The same team is also behind arts channel Studio, which hit controversy over a poster of a man preparing to have sex with a pig which Foxtel ended up apologising for.
I think Human Centipede 2 is worse. I plan on going as a human centipede to a halloween party… just need 2 other victims….i mean people.
Deep Throat is more than a porno, it was actually one of the first porno’s that celebrated sex from a female perspective and the throat and tonsil were metaphors for a woman’s clitoris.
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@SquashedFly… stop it.
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I thought Human Centipede was a metaphor for the ad industry.
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Feed me more victims!
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I love what this channel does, their programming is real reflection of what the brand stands for – passionate about films and making brave choices – being the movie nut I am these are must watch events for me – and yes even The Human Centipede will be watch (again)
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just letting you all know i have been comparing the world movies versions with the uncut and unrated versions i own and there is no difference. Australia has had the pleasure of seeing the human centipede, kids and cannibal holocaust complete uncut and unrated.
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