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blake_fan
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 1:39PM
Well, I just bought two Andrew Blake DVDs from Canada that are currently unavailable here in the states. LES FEMMES EROTIQUES and SENSUAL EXPOSURE. They are being marketed by Valentine Video.

The boxes are marked "For Distribution in Canada Only" and have the approval stickers from the Ontario Film Review Board.

Can someone please tell me what I should expect regarding Canadian censorship? What behaviors are frowned upon by those north of the border?


I know that Blake is "soft" by comparison to most adult films. But I thought I would ask ahead of time so I will not be too disappointed when I throw these in the player.

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aybesea
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 1:41PM
AFAIK, there is nothing that I've seen that is legal in the States, that is not legal in Canada. In fact, they allow some stuff that we don't.

I had no idea that La Femmes was available in Canada. What store did you find this at?

DenverDon
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 1:44PM
IIRC there was some editing on the Valentine Video distribution. I think the censoring had something to do with standards in a certain province in Canada.

I think Pornmaster Mike talked about it.

Here is the link where pornmaster mike discusses it.

DenverDon

Edited by - DenverDon on 7/23/2003 2:37:19 PM

blake_fan
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 1:55PM
UGGGHHH!!!!!

The sticker on the copy of SENSUAL EXPOSURE, the harder of the two films, says 79 minutes. Excalibur's website lists the running time as 110 minutes for the VHS.

The sticker on the copy of LES FEMMES EROTIQUES, the softer of the two films, says 108 minutes. Excalibur's website lists the running time as 107 minutes for the VHS.

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tricia_devereaux
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 2:03PM
IIRC, Valentine Video is required by the Film Board to submit each video to the board and is told by them what needs to be cut out.
I am not sure what the guidelines are, but I do know that many of the videos are cut.
I do find it surprising that an Andrew Blake video would have content that would be offensive to anyone though.
 
Walter Burns
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 2:20PM
The version of Sensual Exposures I saw, was 77 mintues. Isn't Excalibur exaggerating the running time?


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MLyons
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 2:25PM
blake_fan,

I too would be interested to know where you picked these up... and I'd also love to hear your report about them when they arrive. If Les Femmes is a decent release with no cuts and good audio-video quality, I might have to pick that up....

Mike L.

blake_fan
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 2:41PM
I prefer buying from online stores. But the only place I found it so far was from one of those big Canadadian sellers while I was trolling eBay.

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blake_fan
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 2:47PM
Gawd, I hope you are right. IAFD also lists the run time as 110 minutes.

I d/led a review of the film that has blow by blow scene report. I'll compare it to the DVD. (I sold my VHS copy a long time ago.)

Kelly O'Dell takes three facials and there is an outdoor pile-driver between Mark (pre-dick-o-death) Wallice and Debi Diamond. But if I remember correctly, that is as hard as this flick gets!

I agree with Tricia, how anyone could censor Blake is beyond me.

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blake_fan
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 3:12PM
AndrewBlake.Com sells the VHS of SENSUAL EXPOSURE and lists the running time as 90 minutes. So go figure.

By the way, a little trivia I dug up researching this. Both SENSUAL EXPOSURE and LES FEMMES EROTIQUES featured a new, young, fresh-faced, stunningly beautiful blonde actress named Christine Tyler. She had all natural breasts and healthy layer of baby fat that made her even more attractive.

But, give her a Vivid contract, tell her to lose weight because her butt is too big (I think it was Paul Thomas that told her this?), add silicone and you get . . . . .

. . . .Nikki Tyler.

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Mike Quasar
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 3:39PM
If you're in the province of Ontario, odds are that anything you buy will be an edited version of the U.S release. Some are obviously edited more than others. The rest of Canada I'm not sure about but it's probably the same deal. Every title must be approved by the censor board and this costs money. They'd (stores, buyers, distributers) rather be on the safe side and edit out potentially offensive content than keep shelling out money to have it re-evaluated over and over again.


Pornmaster Mike
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 6:21PM
M.B.
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Posted - Jul 23 2003 : 10:45PM
Don't forget that sometimes companies include the previews in the running time of the movie. This could explain why some places list it as 90 min and Valentine lists it as shorter. I know this has happened before, and probably what happened here. The Blake stuff is tame and unless there's bondage in it, I can't see it being edited.
Actually Mike Quasar, things aren't as bad as you think up here in Ontario. We get all of the new stuff you guys in the states do, maybe a week or two later though. All the rental places up here stock US titles because they hate waiting for the stuff to go through distribution etc. which can take months before a title gets released here. I can get pretty much any title I want up here thanks to Pornmaster Mike and the good folks at the depot
Also, I'd have to say 90% of the dvds on the shelves in porn stores here in Ontario are non-stickered uncut US releases. The companies here in Canada just don't have the means of replicating these dvds in a timely manner.
Plus, fisting is legal here in Canada


Edited by - M.B. on 7/23/2003 10:47:37 PM

blake_fan
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Posted - Jul 24 2003 : 12:21AM
No kidding!

I just popped LES FEMMES EROTIQUES in the machine and took a look.

- The chapter links on the menu take you to the wrong chapters!

- Washed out colors everywhere. (Would you believe purple trees?)

- When the camera moves, everything looks two-dimensional.

- Lousy picture quality. Lousy sound quality.

THIS IS TERRIBLE! It literally reminds me of a bad VCD.

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aybesea
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Posted - Jul 24 2003 : 9:12AM
Well that certainly sucks!
 
blake_fan
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Posted - Jul 24 2003 : 12:23PM
SENSUAL EXPOSURE does not appear to be censored. It appears to be in its entirety.

It's quality is only one step above the other. But still falls way short of a good DVD.

I would say LES FEMMES EROTIQUES is about VCD quality. And SENSUAL EXPOSURE is slightly better.

I am glad I only paid $10 (US) for these.

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Pornmaster Mike
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Posted - Jul 24 2003 : 2:18PM
the only good title they have is this one...

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