Ira Sachs would like to know why the MPA still exists.
The Motion Picture Association (formerly known as the Motion Picture Association of America, a.k.a.
MUBI, which acquired the film out of Sundance, is releasing the film unrated.
Ira Sachs at the February 2023 Berlin International Film Festival premiere of ‘Passages’.Monika Skolimowska/picture alliance via Getty
“Why does the MPAA still exist as a nameless board that has the right to censor?”
“What’s the difference between the MPAA and the groups in Texas who want to control the library?
What’s the difference?”
“There wasn’t a discussion,” he notes.
MUBI backs up Sachs' point of view.
Frank and thoughtful portrayals of sex are essential to cinematic storytelling and in service of representation more broadly.
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