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The Motion Picture Association of America has censored a poster advertising a film about the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The image that ran afoul of the MPAA is tame by the standards set by the amateur photographers of Abu Ghraib. It shows a man hanging by his handcuffed wrists, with a burlap sack over his head and a blindfold tied around the hood. It appeared in advertisements for the new film "The Road to Guantanamo," a documentary with some reenacted scenes, that follows the fate of three British men imprisoned at Guantanamo for more than two years before being released with no charges ever filed against them.
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Cohen says he understands why the MPAA exercises control over advertising materials -- he's a father himself. But that doesn't diminish his frustration with the decision.
The MPAA approved an altered version focusing on the figure's hands.(Roadside Attractions)
"This is a film with a serious purpose, and this is the subject of the film itself, and the marketing materials were appropriate to the subject," he said. And, he added, horror flicks and slasher movies are often advertised with images far more suggestive of graphic violence. He cited a poster for the film "Hard Candy," about Internet predators, which showed a small child framed by a bear trap. His argument is supported by advertisements for last year's horror flick "Hostel," which left little doubt about the blood, gore and decapitation that audiences could expect.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/16/AR2006051601910.html
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