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Watch on Censorship criticises Salo decision

Turns out that seven members of a thirteen member classification panel voted no to releasing that awful ‘sadistic sex movie’ Salo. Like all of us, Margaret Pomeranz from Watch on Censorship isn’t impressed. Here’s what she had to say in today’s Brissy Times: “Salo is a film by a significant filmmaker but there are some...

Salo stays banned

Between 1993 and 1998, Salo was classified R18+ in Australia. You could see it in select cinemas. Before that it had been banned since 1976, and in 1998 the QLD Attorney General saw to it that be banned once again. Fast forward 10 years and nothing has changed. Shock’s submission to have the upcoming Criterion...