These films have long been deemed classical, and their directors are counted among the geniuses of modern cinema – but nothing stopped the Novosibirsk authorities to close down a local film theatre that worked hard to enlighten the audience. The place called Cinema was shut down for screening “sexually explicit” films by Michelangelo Antonioni, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Peter Greenaway, and other directors who made their mark by exploring the dark and tabooed corners of human psyche and sexuality. The decision was supported by the indubious proof: “some of the films due to sexual perversion scenes were repeatedly banned in European and Asian countries“.
Any wonder people have long stopped visiting cinemas and started uploading “sexually explicit”, classical films to the Internet?
