Talk:I Spit on Your Grave

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Shouldn't there be some mention of the early 1960s French film of the same title, based on a novel by Boris Vian, about a light skinned black man in the segregated South seeking revenge against the Jim Crow system? The film was marketed as an exploitation film in the USA due to the interracial love scenes and nudity.

I inserted a quote from Ebert's 1980 review, summarizing his initial reaction to the film. It is reported that Siskel and Ebert spent a full episode of their show attacking it, leading to its being pulled from a Chicago theater after one week.

Contents 1 Removed line 2 Added Zarchi's Response 3 Spoilers 4 New Zealand 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Ispit.jpg

[edit] Removed line

I removed the line "The film destroyed the careers of the actors who participated." from the article as I don't think it's substantiated. Reviewing the actor credits on IMDB for this film, it seems that this was the only film many of the actors ever appeared in. Camille Keaton, the lead actress did go on to appear in five more films after this, and her previous career seems to mostly have been third or fourth billing in Italian horror films.--Chuckhoffmann 10:28, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Added Zarchi's Response

I thought it was important to add why Zarchi made this film. All the information can be verified in the Millenium Edition of the film on DVD when you listen to the director's commentary.

[edit] Spoilers

Shouldn't the plot section begin with a spoiler warning? CannibalSmith 05:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Zealand

This film was never banned in New Zealand. Because the ratings decision isn't available in the public database (it doesn't go back that far) I put in a request for information with the Office of Film and Literature Classification. Here's the response:

Thank you for your email. The film I Spit on Your Grave was classified as 'R20 contains graphic violence, content may disturb' by the Chief Censor of Films in 1985. It has not been classified as objectionable in New Zealand.

Under the current legislation (the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993) the DVD is classified as 'R18 contains graphic violence and sexual violence'.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.

Regards, Michelle Baker, Advisor, Information Unit, Office of Film and Literature Classification, Te Tari Whakarōpū Tukuata, Tuhituhinga

So, please don't add New Zealand to the list of countries that 'banned' this film. --Dom (talk) 22:52, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Ispit.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)