Ira Sachs wanted to make 'a film of intimacy.' It got him an NC-17 rating
Ira Sachs never set out to make an NC-17-rated film.
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Ira Sachs never set out to make an NC-17-rated film.
Ira Sachs never set out to make an NC-17-rated film
Ira Sachs never set out to make an NC-17-rated film. The New York-based, 57-year-old filmmaker of sharply observed independent films ( "Love Is Strange,"“Little Men” ) was compelled to create, as he says, “a film of intimacy.” “Passages,” Sachs' ninth feature, would be his first film coming out of the pandemic and he craved a closeness and tenderness that had been missing from both life and American movies.
The queer romance has received an NC-17 rating, which filmmaker Ira Sachs is calling “censorship.”
The relationship drama 'Passages,' starring Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopoulos, will be released unrated after receiving an NC-17 from the MPA.