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Controversy Regarding New Student Film:
ReplyDeleteAs executive producer and director of TEDDY: IT'S GONNA BE A BEAR, we had two goals when we began this project. (1) We set out to create an in-your-face slasher film that would appeal to horror fans and (2) make a movie that we were proud of. We feel as though we achieved both goals. As many of you may know, TEDDY has been selected to the Chicago Horror Film Festival and received a fantastic review from cinemacrazed.com. We thought everyone would love our film, we guess we thought wrong...
Every student coming into the Arizona State University film program is told that they will never be censored. That being said, this movie was not allowed to be shown in this year's annual capstone showcase. We were shocked at the resistance we got from the capstone committee. One faculty member stated the film was, “troubling and traumatizing.” Our response? “Thanks. It’s a horror movie.”
Fellow students felt that completely censoring the film would do more harm than good. Being able to show the piece and then discuss it afterward would have been beneficial to all. But in the end, the committee wouldn’t budge and we were denied the screening that we had been looking forward to for years.
But this is about more than just us. Several students in next year’s class have already thought about changing their scripts or abandoning them all together in fear of being censored. Could the ASU film program be blocking the next big filmmaker?
Furthermore, we know our friends, family, cast/crew and myself were greatly anticipating this moment. We wanted this to be more about them, than about us. Being able to thank them and for them to see how their support has contributed to making this movie was exciting to us.
Please leave any questions or comments you may have. We would love to hear what others outside of ASU feel about this situation.
Thank you,
Steve Goltz
Kevin Sommerfield
P.S. For those that want to see what the fuss is about Teddy can be purchased for $10 at the link below: http://www.slasherstudios.com/2011/11/04/teddy-electronic-press-book/
Kevin: Thanks for sharing this story. Censorship has always been a big issue. If they promised you no censorship to begin with, then they should have stuck by there word. Actually, they probably should never had promised that knowing someone would one day push it the limits, as apparently they think you did. I feel bad that this is effecting future films, and filmmaker's ideas. Maybe students will think twice about going to that school in the future for filmmaking. Seems like a no win situation is starting. I hope things change for the better, and you seem like the person who might make that happen. Good luck!
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