{"id":54077,"date":"2017-07-11T18:22:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T16:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=54077"},"modified":"2017-07-11T18:22:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T16:22:26","slug":"controversial-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/controversial-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Controversial Films You Should Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posing a serious threat to directors&#8217; creativities, censorship is an issue that has followed film for as long as its existence. This can cause some filmmakers to buckle under pressure and soften their vision in order to keep audiences and producers happy. However, not all auteurs follow this route, preferring to stay true to their craft and push boundaries on the big screen. Here, we&#8217;ve rounded up five controversial movies that caused serious commotion upon their release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"Daisies Sedmikrasky 1996 . Le Margheritine . Bagno di latte\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2bDwekELJp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Daisies (1966)<\/h2>\n<p>Vera Chytilov\u00e1\u2019s colourful new-wave film illustrates two bored teenage girls (both named Marie) who&#8217;ve decided the world has turned bad and so they will do the same. The film proceeds with the girls breaking from expectation to embark on endless antics of hustling men into free meals and drinking themselves into a stupor. The psychedelic visuals playfully match the personalities of the girls, who continue on a journey with no clear purpose. Officially banned by the Czech government for its food waste, it is rumoured that the real reasons for censorship lie in the film&#8217;s depictions of female sexuality as well as its anarchistic overtones.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E2YVRu09nAo<\/p>\n<h2>Pink Flamingos (1972)<\/h2>\n<p>In John Waters&#8217; camp classic, Divine defends her title as the \u201cFilthiest Person Alive\u201d and the film ensures to maintain that promise. Waters melds disgust and camp, creating a film so theatrically grotesque and frivolously crude. This delightfully absurd \u201cexercise in poor taste\u201d confronted middle class morality before the internet could.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"Hail Mary - Trailer\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h1E8c6sSk_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Hail Mary (1985)<\/h2>\n<p>Banned internationally and denounced by the pope, <em>Hail Mary<\/em> is unexpectedly calm. Jean-Luc Godard\u2019s modern reimagining of the virgin birth follows the chaste teen Mary as she navigates her faith, relationships and pregnancy. Protested for its female nudity and confrontation of Christianity with repeating questions like, \u201cDoes the soul have a body?\u201d the tranquil cinematography sets the mood for a genuine investigation into spirituality in and outside the rigid rules of religion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"Persepolis - Dress Code\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PNzQjvhKoPk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Persepolis (2007)<\/h2>\n<p>Marjane Satrapi\u2019s autobiographical film was protested by the Iranian and Lebanese government and caused an uproar in Tunisia \u2013 in part for its representation of God as well as its depiction of the Islamic Revolution. Viewed by her homeland as anti-Islamic content, Satrapi\u2019s animated characters are incredibly human. The film follows her through war, first love, self-loathing and many new beginnings. <em>Persepolis<\/em> begins as what appears to be a coming-of-age story in turbulent times and persists onto the trials of adulthood.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1DuQth6Tn0g<\/p>\n<h2>The Neon Demon (2016)<\/h2>\n<p>Booed at Cannes, Nicolas Winding Refn\u2019s divisive thriller offers a grim look at Hollywood. The protagonist is 16-year old, doe-eyed girl named Jesse, who begins the film as an aspiring model. Her innocence is not-so-subtly fetishised and grants her rapid success, turning her into a threat to the other, older it-girls, leading to disastrous consequences. <em>The Neon Demon<\/em> is visually stunning and is paired successfully with an eerie electronic score. Ultimately, it is up to viewers to decide if the ridiculous plot and hyper-stylised film actually critiques, or merely perpetuates, a youth-obsessed culture. In any case, it\u2019s worth watching if you like to see beautiful people doing revolting things.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blasphemous, banned and bad taste, here are 5 controversial flicks to turn on next time you&#8217;re in the mood for a movie<\/p>","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":54207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,139],"tags":[2144,8973,8974,5747,3639,8975,4014,8976,8977,8978,8979,4815,8980],"class_list":["post-54077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-art","tag-cinema","tag-daisies","tag-hail-mary","tag-jean-luc-godard","tag-john-waters","tag-marjane-satrapi","tag-movies","tag-neon-demon","tag-nicolas-winding-refn","tag-persepolis","tag-pink-flamingos","tag-theatre","tag-vera-chytilova"],"acf":{"main_category":null,"legacy":"1","exclude_from_ads":null,"hero_title":null,"subtitle":null,"hero":null,"teasers":null,"facebook_image":null,"related_articles":null,"next_article":null,"sleek_card_focus":null,"content":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shocking Reel: Our 5 Favourite Banned Films<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blasphemous, banned and bad taste: here are 5 controversial flicks to turn on next time you&#039;re in the mood for a movie.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/controversial-movies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shocking Reel: Our 5 Favourite Banned Films\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Blasphemous, banned and bad taste: here are 5 controversial flicks to turn on next time you&#039;re in the mood for a movie.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/controversial-movies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-11T16:22:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maya Pollack\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3\u00a0Minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. 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