NEWS: Entertainment Overload appearance

Joshua Ligairi » 05.09.10 »

Last night I had the honor of being a guest on one of my favorite movie podcasts, Entertainment Overload, the official podcast of FusedFilm.com. If you have never heard the podcast, it is a real "hangout" type of show with hosts that you love to return to each week as you get to know them.

Justin Vactor, the show's sole constant and a really likable guy, hosts the podcast every week. Vactor is usually flanked by William Goodman and Wonder Rob who each bring a lot to the table. Other occasional guest hosts include Rudie Obias of the Criterion Cast, Hunter Camp of the Gotham Central Podcast, Will Melton of the Mixer Cast, and Fused Film Editor-in-Chief, Kevin Coll. This time, they were all there. Plus me. And I, for one, had a great time.

You can listen to the podcast online at FusedFilm.com or you can download the podcast on iTunes under "Entertainment Overload Podcast." My Cleanflix interview starts off Episode #111 (entitled "Cleanflix Man 2"), but if you want to listen after the interview, I stick around to help review Lost and Iron Man 2.

Follow the @FusedFilm and @EntOverload gang on Twitter: @Vactor, @WonderRob, @MK2Fac3, @GoodmanW, @Rudie_Obias, and @Kent21685!

PRESS: Fused Film Cleanflix review

A stellar review of Cleanflix from Fused Film contributor Hunter Camp as part of his Nashville Film Festival coverage. Direct link to the original post at the Fused Film site here.

Hunter Camp » 04.26.10 »

NaFF Review: Cleanflix

Cleanflix is a documentary about the phenomenon of editing out objectionable or offensive content in the state of Utah. This film dealt with various companies that would literally rip DVD’s and remove any kind of foul language, sexual content, and explicitly violent scenes from any movie they see fit. The reasoning for these edits were based on the Mormon code that says that Mormons should not expose themselves to this kind of content, but they still wanted to see movies like Goodfellas and The Matrix. While hinged on this concept, it also focused on the life of one of the distributors of these “clean” films who was eventually convicted of deviant sexual acts with two minors.

Overall, Cleanflix was one of the more insightful documentaries that I have seen that clearly stated the problems with editing these films, but also being sensitive to the cause and lack of logic that studios would not provide television cuts , which are also edited, to the people of the United States that are basically begging for copies of these movies without having to risk breaking the law. The film is completely filled with hypocrisy, but that’s one of things that is great about it. It doesn’t stick to one side, so it was refreshing to see a documentary that felt completely unbiased.

Everything about Cleanflix from content, editing, soundtrack choice, and subject matter all provide an excellent viewing experience and I would absolutely suggest this film to anyone reading this right now.

Direct link to the review at FusedFilm.com. Follow Fused Film on Twitter @FusedFilm or Hunter Camp on Twitter @MK2Fac3.