Category Archives: Film & Lit Board Reviews

LA Zombie – Herald on Sunday reporter seeks responses

Here is the email received by the Society for Promotion of Community Standards Inc. (SPCS) from Herald on Sunday reporter Andre Hueber on Friday April 29, 2011 at 10.38 AM regarding LA Zombie, a film we were told was that was prevented from being screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival in July 2010. The Festival organisers had proposed to [...]

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Censors protecting the “public good” from morally toxic computer games

The just released 2009/10 Annual Report of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) has highlighted a computer game that the Office has recently banned. In its summary of reasons for the decision it states:  ”The game presents still images and text that legitimises sexual violation and rape in a manner that is intended to sexually arouse [...]

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Suicide toll surpasses road deaths – Approval by Board of pro-suicide book slammed by Society.

In the light of the release of new coroners’ figures on suicide rates, the Society is slamming a unanimous decision by the 8-member Film and Literature Board of Review to support the public availability of a sick book that provides step-by-step methods of how to commit suicide and assist others to do so.

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Society Granted Leave to have classification of Grand Theft Auto IV (unedited US version) reviewed

Press Release 21 July 2008 The Society was today granted leave by the Secretary of Internal Affairs, Mr Brendan Boyle, to apply to the Film and Literature Board of Review to review the classification of the computer game Grand Theft Auto IV (unedited US version). The game was classified R18 by the Chief Censor’s Office.

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Film “End of the Spear” R16 rating downgraded to R13 following Society’s successful appeal

The film “End of the Spear” has had its classification downgraded from R16 to R13 following a successful appeal by the Society against the classification decision issued by the Chief Censor’s Office. The Society contended in its written and oral submisssion to the Board that the nature of the depiction of violence in the film – medium level violence – could not possibly justify an R16 classification

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Society confident of ban on The Peaceful Pill Handbook

Media Release 13 June 2008 The Society is confident that The Peaceful Pill Handbook (New Revised International Edition) co-authored by Dr Phillip Nitschke (dubbed ‘Dr Death’ by the media) will be banned by early next week by the President of the Film and Literature Board of Review, Ms Claudia Elliott, in response to its application [...]

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Dr Philip Nitschke and SPCS Executive Director interviewed on Australian Current Affairs Programme – PM

Controversy in NZ over Australian euthanasia book [Full Interview Transcript & Audio Link] PM – Tuesday, 13 May , 2008  18:46:00 Reporter: Kerri Ritchie BRENDAN TREMBATH: In New Zealand, right to life groups are outraged at a decision allowing a pro-euthanasia book co-written by Philip Nitschke to be sold in the country. The Peaceful Pill Handbook [...]

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Review sought by Society over release of pro-euthanasia book

A review is being sought over the controversial release of a pro-euthanasia book by Australian Philip Nitschke. The Society for Promotion of Community Standards [SPCS] has written to the Film and Literature Board of Review [see letter below] seeking a review of the decision [web-link below] to approve the book for R18 release.

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Submission to Secretary re film “End of the Spear”

Urgent Attention Secretary of Internal Affairs and copy for Mr Owen Davie Secretary, Film & Lierature Board of Review Additional Comments Relevant to Society’s Proposed Lower Classification of the DVD End of the Spear and Formal Application for Leave. 5 February 2008 Further to the information submitted earlier by fax by the Society to the [...]

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Submission to Board Re film “End of the Spear”

Attention: Film & Literature Board of Review (FLBR) Re: End of the Spear (DVD 113 min 30 sec in length. Classified R16 By Chief Censor’s Office – the Office of Film and Literature Classification [OFLC]).) The Society contends that the DVD feature End of the Spear, which is virtually identical to the 35 mm cinema [...]

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Morals body seeks lower [End of the Spear] film rating

KELLY ANDREW – The Dominion Post Saturday, 05 April 2008 http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4464953a6479.html A morals group is calling for a film’s rating to be lowered from R16 so that younger audiences can experience its Christian message. End of the Spear tells the true story of a group of Christian missionaries speared to death by an Ecuadorian tribe [...]

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