Whats caught and whats not?
Paul Tavener, 07 Sep 2006 18:25:25
If a film must be interpreted as being pornographic before any prosecution can succeed, in who’s mind must that interpretation exist? Will a jury be asked to judge what they believe the producer’s intention was, what they believe the consumer’s intention was or will they be asked to make up their own mind whether or not it was pornographic?
Are works to be interpreted as a whole or is each individual scene within a film to be interpreted separately? This question applies to considerations of both ‘pornographic’ and to ‘realistic depiction’.
In the case of the pornographic question can a pornographic scene (even a violent and explicit pornographic scene) be rendered non-pornographic by the context of the rest of the film?
In the case of the realistic depiction question, if the ‘corpse’ resulting from a simulated explicit violent death in a pornographic film gets up and walks away after being ‘killed’ does this still count as a realistic depiction?
rovacs, 07 Sep 2006 18:38:10
All relevant questions illustrating why this will be such a mad arbitrary disaster. Coasts on subjectivity-this makes it incompatible with human rights too,lack of clarity so the public are unsure and unable to adjust their behaviour to conform with the law.
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> If a film must be interpreted as being pornographic before any prosecution can succeed, in who’s mind must that interpretation exist? Will a jury be asked to judge what they believe the producer’s intention was, what they believe the consumer’s intention was or will they be asked to make up their own mind whether or not it was pornographic?
> Are works to be interpreted as a whole or is each individual scene within a film to be interpreted separately? This question applies to considerations of both ‘pornographic’ and to ‘realistic depiction’.
> In the case of the pornographic question can a pornographic scene (even a violent and explicit pornographic scene) be rendered non-pornographic by the context of the rest of the film?
> In the case of the realistic depiction question, if the ‘corpse’ resulting from a simulated explicit violent death in a pornographic film gets up and walks away after being ‘killed’ does this still count as a realistic depiction?
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