http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/03/27/hostel/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:05:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/03/27/hostel/comment-page-1/#comment-16901 A Brush With Art » Blog Archive » Art and Censorship Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:46:16 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/03/27/hostel/#comment-16901 [...] because although he does not explicitly say it he is by implication saying that this film, incidentally a film which he has not himself seen, is pornographic. This is a dangerous thing as there are even bigger problems with the whole art and pornography argument than there are in the art and censorship debate, I will not go into that here as I have covered this topic already, see here. Will Howells at No Geek is an Island reviewed the same film on his blog and came to a different conclusion of the film saying that it is:- “Effectively directed, suitably eerie, and with a satisfying finale, Hostel also has its fair share of gore - although not notably more than other recent horror films. It is a touch more sadistic, but just about justifies this as a necessary part of the plot.” [...] [...] because although he does not explicitly say it he is by implication saying that this film, incidentally a film which he has not himself seen, is pornographic. This is a dangerous thing as there are even bigger problems with the whole art and pornography argument than there are in the art and censorship debate, I will not go into that here as I have covered this topic already, see here. Will Howells at No Geek is an Island reviewed the same film on his blog and came to a different conclusion of the film saying that it is:- “Effectively directed, suitably eerie, and with a satisfying finale, Hostel also has its fair share of gore – although not notably more than other recent horror films. It is a touch more sadistic, but just about justifies this as a necessary part of the plot.” [...]

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