Italian TV airs Brokeback Mountain like it has never seen before

[twotterdhc6]

Apparently, it's a never before seen version without the love scenes!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/...-gay-scene-cut

Italians tuning in to their state TV network this week had a rare chance to see Brokeback Mountain, the tale of true friendship between two straight cowboys.

At least that was the version of Ang Lee's gay cowboy Oscar-winner broadcast by channel Rai Due. Two love scenes between the male protagonists had been excised, provoking furious accusations from gay-rights groups of censorship driven by creeping homophobia in Italy.

I love their explanation:

Rai on Tuesday claimed the cuts were an honest mistake and promised to broadcast the full version of the 2005 film. In a statement, the network explained that it had asked Italian distributor Bim for a copy suitable for broadcast before the watershed. As the film had only been certified for viewers over the age of 14 in Italian cinemas, Bim went back to Italian censors for a new cut, which it then supplied to Rai. The mistake, said the network, was that programmers decided to air it after the watershed, "without checking" first which version it was.

Have fun with this everyone, but try not to make it political....

[stealth]

Funny.
Although I wonder if I would have enjoyed the Italian version more Although the dramatic parts of the movie wouldnt make sense if they were "just friends".

They should have thrown in an overweight comedian and a busty brunette in an evening gown into a few scenes as well, in order to tailor it to their typical audience better.

[Tijuana]

Italians tuning in to their state TV network this week had a rare chance to see Brokeback Mountain, the tale of true friendship between two straight cowboys.

I thought they were day?

[Eyies]

I thought they were day?

Did you read the article?

[malbadon]

So the italians got to watch an incredibly slow, boring love story about two people who were completely incapable of communicating with each other?
Cause that's all Brokeback was when you took out the sensationalism about homosexuality.

[Dash]

haha, i wonder if they're all confused at the end. they'll be like "whatta happened? whyya did he go to Mexico? whatta they do there?"

[Eyies]

So the italians got to watch an incredibly slow, boring love story about two people who were completely incapable of communicating with each other?
Cause that's all Brokeback was when you took out the sensationalism about homosexuality.

Yup, watched it with my girlfriend at the time in the theatres.. it was incredibly boring. Fell asleep here and there, only to wake up and find them suddenly romping each other. Love is confusing I guess..