Out director Ira Sachs slams his new queer film’s NC-17 ratg, llg the MPA “anti-gay” - LGBTQ Natn

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• OUT DIRECTOR IRA SACHS SLAMS HIS NEW QUEER FILM’S NC-17 RATG, LLG THE MPA “ANTI-GAY”
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• JOAQU PHOENIX’S NEXT PROJECT WILL BE AN NC-17 GAY LOVE STORY
• JOAQU PHOENIX TO STAR TODD HAYN' NC-17 GAY FILM

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

“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.

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

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.

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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.

It’s a gay love story set 1930s L. Joaqu Phoenix and Todd Hayn are teamg up for the director’s upg NC-17 gay film.