PRIVATE SUPERFUCKERS 07: WAITING FOR YOU
Dir Pierre Woodman / Prod Milcap Media / 2001 / USA / IMDb
Stell Bay Pty Ltd had a 176min (v) tape rated RC in December 2000.
SYNOPSIS:
Pierre Woodman again searches the streets of
Budapest looking for young women to film whilst he has sex with them.
REASONS FOR THE DECISION:
When making this classification decision the Classification Board (the
Board) followed the procedure set out in the Classification (Publications,
Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 (the Act). The Board also applied the
National Classification Code and the Classification Guidelines, while
taking into account the matters set out in Section 11 of the Act.
The National Classification Code (the Code)
states in the Film Table that:
(1) Films that:
a) depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or
addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in
such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency or
propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they
should not be classified are to be classified RC.
In the Classification Board's view under Section 1(a) of the Film Table in the Classification Act this film deals with matters of sex in a way that offends against the
Under Part 2 of the Films Table of the National Classification Code concerning films containing consensual sexually explicit activity, "fetishes such as.....spanking are not permitted."
In the Board's opinion a sequence commencing at 11mins and lasting until 14mins in which Pierre Woodman engages in sexual activity with a woman contains "fetishes such as.....spanking" as the contact of his hand with her buttocks during sex is at a level which goes beyond a mere slap and is clearly done in order to elicit sexual gratification for him. In one consecutive session during this sequence he spanks her thirteen times, in another, four times. In the Boards opinion this clearly indicates a fetish "such as spanking" and as such warrants an "RC" classification.
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In early 2001, AXIS applied to have this, and several other decisions reviewed. Despite the applications being outside the normal time provision, it was hoped that the Review Board would agree to the reviews.
AXIS explained the reason for the PRIVATE SUPERFUCKERS 07 delay as:
This title was refused during the lengthy process in establishing benchmarks for what represented a fetish such as spanking. When the board made their definitions, the scene of a male and female engaged in consensual sex where some slaps to the ass were made during sex was easily housed under their new definitions of permissible hand contact, not as previously recorded in the Refused Classification category as a fetish such as spanking.
This film was delayed in its application for appeal during the 6 weeks AXIS was waiting for the review board to return their verdict on the original set of appeals.
The Classification Review Board were unconvinced, and refused to allow
a review. Their reasons were:
A revised print has never been submitted.
