Talk:I Spit on Your Grave

Minor mistake

There's a minor mistake in the Plot section - I quote "... As he nears orgasm, she picks up a knife she has hidden under the bathmat (which she took from Matthew—he had brought it with him to kill her) and cuts his genitals."
Who had bought it with who? Matthew, the light-retard, stole it from the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper had it next to a lump of cheese.
Just thought I'd point that out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.166.114.170 (talk) 02:43, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

The opening line said the following... Prominent movie critics lashed out at this movie for its graphic violence and lengthy depictions of gang rape, and the picture remains controversial to this day..... since by todays standards the rape scences arent that long in portrayl I changed the descriptor to brutal instead of lengthy.Anyone who thinks the rape scences in this film are long has yet to watch anything minorly sexually exploitive out today like bully for example. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikimakesmart (talk • contribs) 07:16, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

French film

Shouldn't there be some mention of the early 1960s French film of the same title, based on a novel by Boris Vian, about a light skinned black man in the segregated South seeking revenge against the Jim Crow system? The film was marketed as an exploitation film in the USA due to the interracial love scenes and nudity.

I inserted a quote from Ebert's 1980 review, summarizing his initial reaction to the film. It is reported that Siskel and Ebert spent a full episode of their show attacking it, leading to its being pulled from a Chicago theater after one week.

Removed line

I removed the line "The film destroyed the careers of the actors who participated." from the article as I don't think it's substantiated. Reviewing the actor credits on IMDB for this film, it seems that this was the only film many of the actors ever appeared in. Camille Keaton, the lead actress did go on to appear in five more films after this, and her previous career seems to mostly have been third or fourth billing in Italian horror films.--Chuckhoffmann 10:28, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Added Zarchi's response

I thought it was important to add why Zarchi made this film. All the information can be verified in the Millenium Edition of the film on DVD when you listen to the director's commentary.

Tnx to anonymous editor for this Zarchi's explanation which reveals the art critics' hypocrisy and ignorance about victimization symptoms, first described by Frank Ochberg this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DancingPhilosopher (talk • contribs) 12:25, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Spoilers

Shouldn't the plot section begin with a spoiler warning? CannibalSmith 05:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Response
Personally, I think all plot-descriptions should be hidden, just like you can with the Contents - a show/hide button would do, default "hide" of course. 93.166.114.170 (talk) 02:38, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

New Zealand

This film was never banned in New Zealand. Because the ratings decision isn't available in the public database (it doesn't go back that far) I put in a request for information with the Office of Film and Literature Classification. Here's the response:

Thank you for your email. The film I Spit on Your Grave was classified as 'R20 contains graphic violence, content may disturb' by the Chief Censor of Films in 1985. It has not been classified as objectionable in New Zealand.

Under the current legislation (the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993) the DVD is classified as 'R18 contains graphic violence and sexual violence'.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.

Regards, Michelle Baker, Advisor, Information Unit, Office of Film and Literature Classification, Te Tari Whakarōpū Tukuata, Tuhituhinga

So, please don't add New Zealand to the list of countries that 'banned' this film. --Dom (talk) 22:52, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

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Missing section

What happened to the "Cultural Refereneces" section (I think that's what it was called) for this article? That section mentioned, for example, that a certain Simpson's episode makes reference to the film.

Release

In the Release section it is mentioned after being submitted to the MPAA they suggested some of the violence be taken out but didn't mention which scenes, the MPAA never suggests which scenes to cut for any reason. This includes violence, nudity, sexual content, whatever reason they provide for not accepting the movie. The MPAA never describes what scene contains the objectionable material. The paragraph leads one to believe this was an exception or the MPAA was being particularly difficult for this film. It is not the MPAA's responsibility to critique individual scenes, they only state if a movie passes or fails the rating the film is trying to achieve and gives cause, like gratuitous violence, too much nudity, sexual references etc. It is then up to the film maker to decide if he wishes to cut some scenes, rewrite etc. and then resubmit, or to just appeal, or drop the whole thing.--75.17.215.115 (talk) 02:09, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Poster

The poster says Five Men, when really it's four. Are we sure this is not a draft for the 2010 poster? Delierajaytoday (talk) 02:47, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Production section needs to be expanded

There is not a lot of information on the film's production, the section talking about the film's production is also way too short and needs to be expanded in more detail so it's balanced with the other sections in the article.--Paleface Jack (talk) 01:09, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Cleanup and expansion

This article has several important sections that are underdeveloped or unsourced. The production section is way too short, and is disproportionate compared to the information on the film's reception, this section needs to be expanded so that the article give more balanced coverage on the film. The production section is also missing important citations on its information and needs to include the sources of its information. The release section of the article, specifically the information on its theatrical release is unsourced and does not include proper citations of its information, this portion is also too short and fragmented in its writing and should be rewritten so that this issue is corrected with more information added as well. All of these changes and additions need to occur in order for this article to meet Wikipiedia's standards and guidelines of a well developed and properly sourced article.--Paleface Jack (talk) 22:13, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

@Paleface Jack: Yea, I too feel like this article needs serious cleanup from top to bottom. I'm interested in doing so, but first I'm gonna need a lot of references regarding this film's conception to adhere with MOS:FILM. Also, I feel like its controversy and reception sections are what's expanding the content, at least by cursory glance. Gee, I wish I had a Blu-ray of this film. Those special features could help with the production section. Bluesphere 11:47, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

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