![]() But “The Dreamers” would never see any of these screens, anyway. ![]() I know that NC-17 scares studios because some newspapers refuse to run ads, and some theaters refuse to show the film. I don’t understand what the big hubbub was about, anyway. Without the full content of the offending scenes (and if you see the film, while you may not know exactly what would have been cut, you’ll definitely know the scenes that would have suffered), “The Dreamers” would have lost its power and its raw look at the world through a naive, young American idealist. Ultimately, this movie needed an NC-17 rating. However, director Bernardo Bertolucci fought this decision – and eventually he triumphed. After its Sundance screening, in which pieces of the more offending scenes were excised from the film, Fox Searchlight considered cutting the final print before it was released in U.S. “The Dreamers” is notable for being the first movie in seven years to be released with the caustic NC-17 rating. ![]()
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