Elijah Woods horror film banned by New Zealand
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July 26, 2013, Friday
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NEW Zealand has banned a horror film starring Elijah Wood as a scalp-collecting serial killer from general release, after the government deemed it too graphic and disturbing.
The Office of Film and Literature Classification's action means "Maniac" - a remake of the 1980 slasher film about a killer who scalps his victims - cannot be screened anywhere other than film festivals or as part of academic study. DVDs will not be allowed for sale.
The government censor that "Maniac," which is shot entirely from the killer's point of view, contains graphic violence and "content that may disturb," and that wide release "is likely to be injurious to the public good."
"The murders are depicted in first-person perspective, inviting a viewer's vicarious participation," the agency wrote.
The ban was condemned yesterday by the film's regional distributor and organizers of the New Zealand International Film Festival, which will be screening the movie on Saturday.
Distributor Monster Pictures called the ban an insult to the intelligence of New Zealanders.
Maniac premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year. The Hollywood Reporter dubbed it "essentially a sadistic art-house bloodbath."
Elijah Wood is well known throughout New Zealand, the filming location for "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, in which the actor hobbit Frodo Baggins.
The Office of Film and Literature Classification's action means "Maniac" - a remake of the 1980 slasher film about a killer who scalps his victims - cannot be screened anywhere other than film festivals or as part of academic study. DVDs will not be allowed for sale.
The government censor that "Maniac," which is shot entirely from the killer's point of view, contains graphic violence and "content that may disturb," and that wide release "is likely to be injurious to the public good."
"The murders are depicted in first-person perspective, inviting a viewer's vicarious participation," the agency wrote.
The ban was condemned yesterday by the film's regional distributor and organizers of the New Zealand International Film Festival, which will be screening the movie on Saturday.
Distributor Monster Pictures called the ban an insult to the intelligence of New Zealanders.
Maniac premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year. The Hollywood Reporter dubbed it "essentially a sadistic art-house bloodbath."
Elijah Wood is well known throughout New Zealand, the filming location for "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, in which the actor hobbit Frodo Baggins.
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