Lust, Caution received an NC rating for its graphic depictions of sex. The MPAA has a history of letting films with graphic depictions of violence get away with an R rating, while maintaining stricter guidelines for films featuring sexually explicit scenes. Though an R versus an NC rating may not seem like a big deal, it does affect the commercial viability of the film. NC films are usually not released on as wide a scale as those that are R-rated, and thus have less of an opportunity to garner a profit. However, some directors defy the pressure to cut graphic content.
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Esteemed Taiwanese director Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain, Life of Pi returned to Asia once more for this startlingly erotic tale of espionage and obsession. Drama mins. In pre-war, Japanese-occupied China, an idealistic student Wei Tang enrols in a plot to entice and then assassinate a secret service head Tony Leung Chiu-Wai. But as she initiates a passionate affair with her target, she begins to struggle with the emotional demands of her assignment, as the assassination plot is delayed ever further…. Elsewhere the film was awarded the most restrictive certificates usually reserved for pornography and extreme material eg. Crime mins Director: Carol Morley.
T he slender woman in the hotel suite certainly looks the part of the rising young film star. She has the twittering entourage and designer labels; her hair is groomed, her face painted. Except this is not her, she says, not really.
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