This weekend my parents rented Fahrenheit 911 on DVD from the 101st Street Albertson's in Tulsa. My mom said that substantial portions of the film was blacked out. I assumed that it would have been the shots toward the end of charred Iraqi children, but she said, no, segments at the beginning of the film were blacked out. Since she didn't see the original cut, she didn't know what they were hiding, and I can't imagine what would be objectionable in the first few thirds of the flick. Has anyone heard about F911 being censored? It seems like anyone renting the movie would know what they were getting into, so why would Albertson's or the local authorities black it out, except for political reasons?
Haven't heard anything...that's crazy. It is Tulsa, though.
Posted by: Rolin at October 13, 2004 11:37 AMCould it be towards the beginning where there is the sound of 9/11 but but the screen is black? In the theater I thought this was very effective because it somehow renewed the unseen action (which we'd all seen dozens of times); the sounds, w/o the visuals were chilling.
Posted by: Kati at October 17, 2004 09:05 PMYou're right, that's exactly what it is.
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