Board bans ‘gay zombie’ film
The Australian Film Classification Board refused classification for the Canadian film L.A. Zombie, which was scheduled to screen at the Melbourne Film Festival on August 7 and 8.
“Apparently the Australian Classification Board has no problem passing all manner of mainstream torture porn movies which feature, amongst other things, the rape and dismemberment of women, it’s interesting that they have no stomach for a movie that reaffirms life,” said director Bruce LaBruce in a statement.
Board director Donald McDonald advised MIFF executive director Moore that the film could not be screened because it would be refused classification.
Moore disagrees with the Board’s view of the film, saying it is not porn, but “verges on the edge of porn” as an extreme form of queer cinema with a high art background to it.
‘…a movie that reaffirms life’? Give me a break.
No Mr LaBruce, the Classification Board may not have the stomach for your film but they sure have the guts to call it for what it is.
And MIFF, surely of all the thousands of films that are made every year, you would be able to find something a little bit better than this. I mean, geez louise…there must be better ways of getting PR than this…