[REL] Walkabout (1971)

[Night457]

And finally, on the official actual censors (it is their job):

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) surmised Agutter was seventeen years old at the time of filming (she was actually sixteen when filming began in July 1969[15]), and therefore the scenes did not pose a problem when submitted to the BBFC in 1971 and later in 1998. The Protection of Children Act 1978 prohibited distribution and possession of indecent images of people under the age of sixteen so the issue of potential indecency had not been considered on previous occasions. However, the Sexual Offences Act 2003 raised the age threshold to eighteen which meant the BBFC was required to consider the scenes of nudity in the context of the new law when the film was re-submitted in 2011. The BBFC reviewed the scenes and considered them not to be indecent and passed the film uncut.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkabout ... #Reception

[Davros6]

Personally, with movies, I think it should relate to what the law was at the time of the movie being made, because the movie was made according to the law at the time, so it was made lawfully, you can't make a movie and take into account what the laws might be in 20+ years time.

[goku33]

Personally, with movies, I think it should relate to what the law was at the time of the movie being made, because the movie was made according to the law at the time, so it was made lawfully, you can't make a movie and take into account what the laws might be in 20+ years time.

I mean yes, they shouldn’t punish a director/producer retrospectively for that but culture has to be re-evaluated.. my only point is that 30 years ago (or more) some awful stuff was allowed (women’s rights, gay rights, children’s rights).

On the other hand I don’t like censorship years later as well. I think Madaloscenza is a good example of not allowing something that was allowed earlier (in Germany).

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/stev ... 235594163/#!

It would be interesting, imagine if there would be a new law that gives child actors who did nude scenes, more rights (in that they can stop any distribution of the old media). Similar to how in some states and countries they removed the statue of limitation for rape or child abuse.