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'Passag' is NC-17, 'Red, Whe & Royal Blue' is R—are gay films beg rated on a stricter sle?

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OUT DIRECTOR IRA SACHS SLAMS HIS NEW QUEER FILM’S NC-17 RATG, LLG THE MPA “ANTI-GAY”

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“We’re talkg about a select group of people who have a certa bent, which seems anti-gay, anti-progrs, anti-sex — a lot of thgs which I’m not, ” he told the L. Both films picted gay relatnships.

As many are quick to pot out, Passag‘ NC-17 ratg reeks of homophobia, spirg wrer-director Sachs to ll out the MPA for beg “anti-gay, anti-progrs, anti-sex. The whole thg brgs to md the recent R-ratg for Amazon’s upg gay rom- Red, Whe & Royal Blue, based off the popular book of the same name by Casey McQuiston—self a massive h wh olr teen and young adult dienc.

To s cred, Red, Whe & Royal Blue isn’t y about the gay relatnship at s center and do clu a small handful of fleetg love-makg scen, but they are— this wrer’s timatn (havg seen an early preview of the film)—pretty tame and barely even show sk.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

Joaqu Phoenix is takg up another notch after Ari Aster’s 'Be Is Aaid,' teamg up wh Todd Hayn for an NC-17 gay romance film. * nc 17 gay films *

Well, there’s one thg the two movi have mon… Are films that feature gay them and gay sex judged on a harsher sle? “We’re talkg about a select group of people who have a certa bent, which seems anti-gay, anti-progrs, anti-sex—a lot of thgs which I’m not.

Pedro Almodóvar’s movi often provoke, but 2004’s “Bad Edutn” actually earned the director an NC-17 ratg for one scene which Gael García Bernal’s head is seen bobbg up and down durg a pictn of gay oral sex.

We're talkg about a select group of people who have a certa bent, which seems anti-gay, anti-progrs, anti-sex — a lot of thgs which I'm not. " Related ntent: Joaqu Phoenix phed Todd Hayn to 'go further' wh their gay perd romance so 's now NC-17Blon director Andrew Domik 'surprised' about NC-17 ratg: 'I thought we'd lored si the l'Isabelle Huppert fell so ep to her Frankie character that she fot she was actg.

JOAQU PHOENIX’S NEXT PROJECT WILL BE AN NC-17 GAY LOVE STORY

PassagWrten and directed by Ira Sachs, Passag tells the story of a longtime gay uple which one of the men has an affair wh a uple is played by Ben Whishaw (Mart) and Franz Rogowski (Tomas), and the woman that between them is Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos). " Premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Ftival, Passag tells the story of a long-term gay uple (Franz Rogowski and Ben Whishaw), and what happens when one of the men has an affair wh a woman (Adèle Exarchopoulos). "While a fal NC-17 ratg n spell paltry sal at the box office, the whiff of a prelimary NC-17 ratg – wh s promise of sex and vlence -- n crease tert a chronologil orr, ABC prents some of the most popular films to ever earn the NC-17 ratg:'Midnight Cowboy'Released 1969, before NC-17 beme an official MPAA ratg, "Midnight Cowboy, " starrg Dt Hoffman and John Voigt, beme the first X-rated film to earn an Amy film, which follows the story of a stgglg male htler and his nman iend stgglg to get by New York Cy, earned Osrs for Bt Picture, Bt Director and Bt Adapted film, which clus a scene referencg gay sex, earned an X ratg and opened to limed release 1969.

We’re talkg about a select group of people who have a certa bent, which seems anti-gay, anti-progrs, anti-sex — a lot of thgs which I’m not.

JOAQU PHOENIX TO STAR TODD HAYN' NC-17 GAY FILM

” He ntued: “We’re talkg about a select group of people who have a certa bent, which seems anti-gay, anti-progrs, anti-sex—a lot of thgs which I’m not. Joaqu Phoenix is takg up another notch after Ari Aster’s “Be Is Aaid, ” teamg up wh Todd Hayn for an NC-17-rated gay romance film.

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