Censorship exists not only in the media but also in the cinema where some directors have had to see how their films were banned in some countries for somewhat dubious and somewhat absurd reasons.
In today's article, we bring you 11 examples of tapes that were censored in some countries, and we leave it up to you whether the reasons were justified or not.
1. Django without chains:
On the day of its premiere, this movie directed by Quentin Tarantino was canceled in China supposedly due to technical problems, but in reality, it later became known that the real reasons were excessive violence in some scenes, even though Tarantino made a special version for this country in which Blood details regarding color and distance were changed.
2. Wonder Woman:
Despite the worldwide success of this film, in countries such as Tunisia, Lebanon, Algeria, and Qatar, the transmission was canceled because the protagonist Gal Gadot of Israeli origin, completed a compulsory military service to which all the women of that country They must attend, of course, the countries where Wonder Woman was not broadcast did not approve this and decided to cancel its premiere.
3. Bohemian Rhapsody:
The Freddie Mercury Story: In almost everyone but Tiyikistan, the biographical film about the Queen singer was a box office success. The reason why it was not even released in this country was that it was considered frivolous due to the constant provocations of its sexual scenes.
4. Kingsman: The Golden Circle:
This film was canceled in Cambodia since the government and the cultural direction of this country declared it inadmissible. The reason was revealed in an interview where they alleged that in the film they showed Cambodia as a place of asylum for criminals and also disrespected the temple of this country by showing that prohibited substances were made there and murdered people.
5. Fifty Shades of Gray:
In Malaysia, the competent authorities suspended the premiere of this film as it was too explicit in terms of the loaded scenes that they called "unnatural," referring to the shots in Christian's playroom.
6. 2012:
This film was banned in North Korea since that same year was the 100th anniversary of its leader Kim 11-sung and as this was such a controversial film, they did not want to harm the celebration and decided to cancel its premiere.
7. Zoolander:
This film was banned in 3 countries for different reasons. In Malaysia, it was banned because it considered its argument as an offense to this country, in that particular, the production decided to change the audio and replace the name of the country Malaysia with Micronesia. In Singapore, she was suspended for showing the use of banned substances, and in Iran, they considered that the men who made models looked inappropriate.
8. Borat:
Cultural lessons from the United States for the benefit of the glorious nation of Kazakhstan: At first the film was banned in Kazakhstan because they considered that the way they were showing their country was incorrect since, also, it was filmed in Romania, they also alleged that the protagonist did not have at all the features of a native of this nation. In the end, the ban was withdrawn because the government recognized that, thanks to that film, Tourism in the country increased considerably.
9. The 3D fear game:
The horror tape was banned in Germany as it was deemed too violent, although they later withdrew the censorship measure and allowed it to be played in the cinema.
10. Antichrist:
Unexpectedly, after seven years of uninterrupted transmission, the French Orthodox Catholic movement asked the court to remove the film from the cinema alleging exceptional violence. The court ruled in favor of the religious movement, and the film was canceled in that country.
11. Ornate Matrix:
Egypt was the country that decided to cancel the film because it was considered too violent and, also, they assured that they played with the faith of the believers.
12. Bonus: The Simpsons: The Movie:
The long-awaited film was banned in Burma due to the overuse of bright yellow and red colors. They never went much deeper into this measure, but it is said that the conflicts took that this country had with Thailand. In the latter, they used precisely these two colors.
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