Saturday, 12 November 2005 In his Office’s Annual Report 2005, the Chief Censor, Bill Hastings, has effectively hailed the 22 February 2005 – the day “the first substantial amendments to the Films, Videos and Publications Classification Act came into force” – as marking a “fresh era” in censorship: “One would be entitled to observe,” he [...]
Chief Censor’s Office Identifies Film Complaints
Saturday, 12 November 2005 The Chief Censors’ Office – the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) – notes in its Annual Report 2005, recently tabled in parliament, that the two films most complained about by members of the public over the last year, were “9 Songs” and “Irreversible”. Both were films that the Society [...]