Hey, Cheap Seat readers, check out the CleanFlix documentary (DVD; iTunes; Amazon; Facebook; Twitter).
Here’s a trailer on Youtube (thanks to James).
I participated in a Mormon Matters podcast on Cleanflix (91: Cleanflix and What Its Story Reveals about Mormon Culture):
“In this episode, Cleanflix filmmakers Joshua Ligairi and Andrew James, join Mormon Matters host Dan Wotherspoon and panelists Richard Dutcher and Brent Beal for a lively discussion of these and many other aspects of this story.”
Here’s a paragraph about the documentary:
“Dozens of Utah retailers attracted unwanted attention from Hollywood heavyweights when, in the name of conservative family values, they began sanitizing films of sex, profanity, and violence. Outraged over the unauthorized editing of their work, prominent filmmakers began to speak out, thrusting the two groups into an intense legal, theoretical, and moral battle that would last six years before coming to a shocking conclusion. CLEANFLIX raises provocative questions about censorship and consumer rights as well as Mormon approaches to art and sex, as it follows the sanitized movie industry from inception to collapse–an industry born from the collision of Kate Winslet’s bare breasts in Titanic and the Mormon filmgoers who didn’t want to see them.”
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Thanks for sharing, Brent! Glad you came on the podcast with us!
I heard this movie is pretty sweet. Totally wanna see it. Anyone seen it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJixfj9ySXg&feature=channel&list=UL Great Trailer for Cleanflix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJixfj9ySXg&feature=channel&list=UL
Great ad for Clean Flix
When I was a senior in high school, my stepdad brought home a CleanFlix’d version of “Lethal Weapon”. Shortest movie ever.
Listened to the podcast this afternoon, and just finished watching the movie (rented it through Amazon on Demand). Fascinating! Having been deconditioning myself from the LDS mindset for the past few months, and having always been bothered by censorship, it was so interesting to see the defenses used to support the Clean Flicks philosophy/business model. Enjoyed the perspectives from LDS and non-LDS filmmakers, too.
I often wonder how people would react to moderate, storyline-appropriate sex, violence, language and adult content without the Church telling them it should offend them.
I very much enjoyed the Mormon Matters discussion, and wish that there had been more of that type of honest exchange of ideas about art, choice, context/critical thinking and whether the rules are taking away our agency, WITHIN the Church. Perhaps there wouldn’t be so many trying to find their way out.