From slashfilm, When I first found out that a documentary about Cleanflix was playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, I immediately added it to my must-see list. I’ve always been interested and outraged at the concept of Cleanflix.
For those of you who don’t know, Mormons are advised not to watch R-rated movies because the language, sex and violence will contaminate and pervert your brain. The modern day prophets say the best solution is to avoid these things at all costs. A video rental store was opened in Utah to cater to to the sanitized beliefs. Cleanflix would take Hollywood movies and professionally edit them in final cut, removing most of the “bad parts.”
The film features a number of comparisons between original theatrical cut and CleanFlix re-edits, most of which are both hilarious and appalling. Swear words aren’t bleeped, scenes are suddenly cut, the cleanflix edits are actually remarkably well done, at least technically. But deleted shots, sequences, or conversations, often results in a completely different intention in the dialogue or moments of a film.
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To be fair, there should be another video store at which you can rent a tape of all the bad parts they cut out.
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