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Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Celebrities and Controversy, Movie Marketing Not the act, or even the movie about performing the act in the city, but the word "sex" from advertisements in Jerusalem and Petah Tikvah (which is where the Egyptian musicians were trying to go in The Band's Visit, remember?). Apparently the large religious population of both cities isn't comfortable with the word appearing on ubiquitous billboards, which puts the Israeli distributor of this summer's Sex and the City in a tough spot. Advertising that includes the film's title is out. Now, it is kind of funny that while the movie can be shown anywhere, ads for it are banned in certain cities because they include the word "sex." But it might not be as petty as it seems at first glance. After all, people have to make an affirmative choice to go see the movie in a theater, or rent it on DVD; billboard and poster advertising is invasive and inevitably confronts unwilling audiences. It's not necessarily irrational to let theaters show the film but ban certain forms of promotion that everyone will see. This sort of thing isn't unprecedented in the United States: we permit sales of tobacco, for example, but ban television advertising and, in many communities, billboards near schools; we permit pornography, but not always graphic advertising for same. The ban on "sex" strikes me as the same sort of thing. You can still argue that a sensibility that is offended by any mention of the word "sex" is itself silly, but that's a can of worms. [story in USA Today, via Movie City News]Permalink | Email this | Comments

Cinema Scene Episode #90We would like to congratulate Alejandro Adams and the cast and crew of his movie "Around The Bay" for a successful opening night turn out.This Week Mort and Richard Talk about the Academy Awards Foreign Film Controversy.This Week's Reviews: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 days The Band's Visit The Counterfeiters Vantage PointVideo Corner: Michael ClaytonCheck in later to see interviews with the cast and crew from "Around The Bay" Until then make sure to visit www.aroundthebaymovie.com

Eran Kolirin is the writer and director of The Band s Visit, now playing in theaters. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Contending with the inflexible language demands of the Academy. Guest: Eran Kolirin Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: But I wanted to also ask about the most striking shot, I think. The moment where you have the three figures, of course. You have the ladies man essentially suggesting to Papi, who claims that there s sea in his ears and who is just completely incompetent when it comes to women. And you essentially have over the course of this shot which never moves, this three minute shot, maybe four minutes where he s basically instructing him on what to do. You know, he takes a flask of alcohol out. This is very much something that is essentially stripped down to its basic elements. And I m curious about this. Was this really the only way to depict this particular area ? Kolirin: No, you see, a lot of things, they evolve over the course. To begin with, we had the more complex shooting for this scene. I had several shots to break this thing down. And I knew that it was a very important scene in the movie and had to get this scene. But we started shooting it. And we do one take. And we didn t have a lot of material. We ran out of film stock. And I look at my photographer Shai [Goldman] and he looks at me. And we say, Let s be sure to have this one shot work. Because we don t have the time, not the money, to have the other shots. So we have this. And this shot should work. So let s now concentrate on only this shot. So we kick out all the rest of the alternative shots. We stay with that shot. You know, it s also one of those things that you know when you shoot them, you have to make it one take. Because otherwise you ll cut it along the way.