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Pitch: Killer Joe (2012) Budget: $10 million US gross: $1,987,762 After refusing to make cuts that could've secured his film an R-rating as opposed to an NC-17 - often a kiss of death for any film's revenue potential, due to its pornographic stigma and the refusal of many theaters to screen NC-17 material - William Friedkin released Killer Joe in July 2012. It opened in only 75 theaters and was gone from theaters entirely by the middle of October, despite favorable reviews and a revelatory performance from Matthew McConaughey. However, despite its rather nasty attitude and shocking ending, the film is short on bloodshed or gore compared to many of its R-rated brethren; instead, one suspects the NC-17 rating stems largely from its multiple scenes of full-frontal female nudity and frank, often perverse, sexuality. I'd like to use the film as a conduit to explore the contrasting attitudes of Americans towards sex and violence, and the unfortunate stigma that befalls films that are released with an NC-17.
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CloseFriend posted:Extension number 2! You now have until November 8. Somehow I don't think my colleagues will mind, because I know they're busy like me. You keep saving my rear end...and I still might not finish, but at least there's a chance now.
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