THE federal government has asked censorship authorities to reconsider their approval of an Italian film - twice banned in Australia over its portrayal of sexual sadism - for release here on DVD.
On Tuesday the Classification Board approved the distribution of Salo o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (The 120 Days of Sodom), overturning a 1998 decision to ban the film in Australia.
The board gave the film an R18+ rating and compelled it to carry a warning that it contained ''scenes of torture and degradation, sexual violence and nudity''.
But yesterday the Home Affairs Minister, Brendan O'Connor, asked the Classification Review Board to reassess the decision, although he did not say if he wanted the finding overturned.
Link: SMH
Retrospective bans now... 1984 anyone?
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