Pre-emptive censorship
AZ Central (via) reports that about 30 of the 100 cinemas due to show Death of a President, which opened in Italy on Frday, have pulled out saying that “they didn’t want to have problems,” according to Andrea Occhipinti, chief of the Lucky Red company which is the Italian distributor of the film.
Winner of the International Critics’ Prize at the Toronto Film Festival, Death Of A President is a fictional documentary reflecting on the assassination of President George W. Bush on October 19th, 2007. It blends archival footage of the president interspersed with fierce anti-war protests and fictional scenes.
As Occhipinti points out: “The movie is thought-provoking, and it’s been summarily rejected before people even see it.”
About 600 of 2,000 posters in Rome have been pulled down, apparently in a sign of protest.
Saturday 17 Mar 2007 | Paul | Italy
