Witht the Sundance Film Festival complete, the controversy surrounding one film is still swirling. The admittedly independent film "Hounddog" starring twelve-year-old Dakota Fanning is the film garnering the most attention. It isn't because it's the breakout hit of the year or a huge sleeper with tons of promise.
Not at all. It's getting so much attention because the twelve-year-old Fanning is the victim of a rape in one of the film's most powerful and gripping scenes. While the camera angles and techniques used only suggest that a rape is occurring without actually showing the act, it is still ruffling the feathers of some.
So much so that the leader of the North Carolina Senate republicans wants the government to review movie scripts before cameras roll on productions shot in North Carolina. To be fair, North Carolina subsidizes up to 15% of a film's production cost if it is shot in the state.
Maybe a more logical position would be to actually stop bankrolling a portion of Hollywood films instead of feeling the need to get overly involved in a private industry.
Go thump your bibles on something else North Carolina.
2 comments:
I love Dakota Fanning's response to all the hoopla...
"It's called acting."
My thoughts exactly Dakota.
The kicker is that his new law would not have affected Hounddog, which was reviewed by state officials who found nothing objectionable about the movie.
Also, if this law is implemented, the only result will be that the state will lose money, since filmmakers will simply go elsewhere.
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