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Ang Lee's 'Lust' Too Hot for Hollywood

Posted Aug 25, 07 1:45 PM CDT in US,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Focus Features says it will stand by Ang Lee and his racy new war flick “Lust, Caution,” even though a movie trade group branded the film NC-17. The film industry's Scarlet Letter could cost the pic audiences, ad dollars, and theater distribution, but Focus CEO James Schamus said he won’t “change a frame” to satisfy the MPAA—or even appeal its decision.

“Lust,” already glowing from Oscar heat, chronicles the efforts of a young Chinese woman to seduce and kill a Japanese collaborator during WWII. Sources tell the Hollywood Reporter the "Brokeback Mountain" director's film was too much for the MPAA, with its graphic display of sex—which Schamus calls “integral” to the characters’ "emotional arc."

Source Hollywood Reporter

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Academy Award winning director Ang Lee. Lee's new film has been given a rare NC-17 rating, a label that used to mean box office death.   (KRT Photos)
Ang Lee attends the premiere of "The Hulk" Tuesday, June 17, 2003, in Los Angeles, California.   (KRT Photos)
Focus Features has chosen not to edit out the explicit content found objectionable by the MPAA, preserving the integrity of the film but hurting its chances for distribution.   ( Focus Features 2007)
Focus Features' previous Lee release, Brokeback Mountain, went on to be a major Oscar contender, and achieved an R-Rating despite similar explicit content (AP Photo/ Focus Features/ Kimberly French)   (Associated Press)
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