15. â None of the premium pay-channelsâHBO, Cinemax, Showtime, the Movie Channel, Starz, etc.âscreen NC-17 films. Blockbuster and Kmart wonât shelve NC-17 rated videosâ - Thomas Elsaesser
16. â Since [...] Blockbuster controls nearly a third of the rental market, and, in most mid- and small-size markets has vanquished its independent competition, this meant that we were effectively banned throughout a great deal of the United States. That's how censorship works these days.â - James Schamus
21. â NC-17 rating can cost a picture millions of dollarsâ - Paul Derbarabedian, Box Office Analyst
22. â Well, in a construct where most movies are written by men, directed by men, theyâre mostly the male experience, so even in sex scenes theyâre from the male perspective. I think female pleasure is unnatural, I think female pleasure is scary, in the narrative setting. I think unfamiliarity is what breeds these NC-17âsâ
23. â If itâs the same gender sex, they seem to often have a bigger problem than if itâs a man and a womenâ - David Ansen, film critic, Newsweek
31. "It just seems backwards that to show human sexuality in pretty much any form is getting to R territory, while you can shoot as many bodies without any blood and still get PG-13, I mean, what are we training our kids for?" - Darren Aronofsky