Tuesday, 10 February 2009

Not so sick after all?

Who doesn't remember the Daily Mail's campaign against the David Cronenberg film Crash?

As mentioned here, it ran (often front page) stories such as:
BAN THIS CAR CRASH SEX FILM (9 November 1996)
CRASH FILM GO-AHEAD MAY SINK CENSORS (23 December 1996)
CENSOR'S YES TO DEPRAVED SEX FILM (19 March 1997)

And in its 19 March 1997 editorial:

All the psycho-babble in the world cannot refute the simple fact. The film is sick. It should not be shown.

And the Mail's film critic Chris Tookey (5 stars for Jurassic Park 3, 1 for Zatoichi) called it 'revolting' (21 Nov 1996).

Quite surprising then to see the film reviewed in the Mail's TV guide on Saturday 7 February 2009 and given four stars...
Posted by MacGuffin at 12:22
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous10 July 2010 at 14:02

    Not sure as I can't find the listings, but there is more than one film called Crash that has come out in the last twenty years.

    Could it possibly have been the 2004 film, not the 1996 car crash sex movie?

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  2. MacGuffin12 July 2010 at 18:09

    Anonymous - No, it was definitely the Cronenberg version.

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