> There is an ongoing discussion on the FAIR message boards (see here
> for the thread: http://www.fairboards.org/index.php?
> showtopic=18078&st=0 ) titled “Richard Dutcher's R-rated Movie, a
> ‘Nudie-Slasher Flick.’" I know nothing about the alleged movie
> described by the first poster, and I’m taking his post with a major
> grain of salt (in other places, he’s described himself as an
> attorney in the Provo/Orem area if I recall correctly); that said,
> does anyone know anything about this movie?
>
> Greg Taggart
>
>
Without reading the FAIR thread (I've had enough of rancorous Dutcher-
themed discussions, actually), and without knowing anything about
this particular movie, I'll add two observations.
First, it's amusing that when "Brigham City" was about to be released
-- when Mormon Cinema was still in its infancy, you'll recall --
people were freaking out because it was rated PG-13. For real, there
were many heated debates on the Internet about whether that meant
Dutcher was now evil and a bad Mormon and so forth. It seems
ludicrous now. I mean, it seemed ludicrous then, too, but even more
so now because we've had a couple other Mormon films be rated PG-13
and no one batted an eye. I take it as evidence that we as a movie-
making and movie-going culture are growing up slightly.
Second, I interviewed Dutcher several times back in the "Brigham
City" days for a newspaper I worked for then, a paper whose name
escapes me now. I asked him about the rating thing and he said he
just wanted to tell his stories in the best way possible and let the
chips fall where they may, rating-wise. He said he wouldn't make a
film with the INTENTION of getting an R rating ("Hey! I wanna make an
R-rated movie!"), but that he could envision it happening.
Of course, that was six years ago. Maybe since then he's revised his
position to where he's now making R-rated films on purpose,
intentionally goading the saints who, if I may wax Heimerdingerian,
"rejected" his last film.
In conclusion, let me say I hope this news leads to a lengthy,
unwinnable AML-List discussion about R-rated movies.
Eric D. Snider
