Ghost of a flea: Atom Egoyan

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August 23, 2005

Atom Egoyan

Director, Atom Egoyan blames "the very conservative climate in America" for the likely reception of his latest effort, Where the Truth Lies. His concern is that an NC-17 rating would limit its box-office. Though I do wonder whether he imagines a film with "some tough violence, nudity, lesbian encounters and drug-taking" and "a sex scene involving stars Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon and the film's female lead, 29-year-old Rachel Blanchard" would have merited a PG rating under the Clinton administration. Apparently, the critical difficulty is the number of "Bacon thrusts"*.

"I guess I'm naive; I really had no idea it would be a problem," the director said at that time. "I just heard the deciding factor could be thrusting. Apparently, anything over three thrusts and you're in trouble. Well, nobody told me. . . ."

*The Flea... soon to be number one on Google for "bacon thrusts"!

Posted by Ghost of a flea at August 23, 2005 08:34 AM

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mmmmm, bacon thrusts. Ahlahalhalahlahaa.

Posted by: The_Campblog at August 23, 2005 11:42 AM

I suppose this is Bush's fault, somehow. /sarcasm

Posted by: Cybrludite at August 23, 2005 04:58 PM