• Director(s)

    Amanda Kim

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    109m

  • Cast

    Nam June Paik

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Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest Tv

moderate sex references, nudity, brief disturbing images, strong language

NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV is a documentary about the life and career of the South Korean avant garde artist and pioneer of video art. …

NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV is a documentary about the life and career of the South Korean avant garde artist and pioneer of video art.

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language
There is infrequent strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘shit’, ‘God’ and ‘damn’. There is also a rude middle finger gesture.
sex
In a film clip, a prostitute solicits two men and says, “"Let me love you. Me so horny”. A woman refers to herself as a “groupie”
nudity
There is sight of breast nudity in several sequences of performance art. There is footage of a man moving with the use of a walking frame at a public event whose pants fall down to briefly reveal his genitals; observers seem to think it’s an accident attributable to the man’s infirmity, but it is implied that he caused this to happen deliberately as a prank.
disturbing images
There are brief still images of emaciated survivors of German and Japanese concentration camps in WWII, as well as an image of the dead bodies of victims of a firing squad from the same historical period, but without unduly strong injury detail.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are images from older twentieth century films, television shows and cartoons which depict South East Asian figures with offensive stereotypically caricatured appearances, including Western actors in make up; the film does not endorse such images. There is a passing drug reference. There is brief footage of water cannon being used on a rioting crowd. There is smoking in a historical context.

  • Director(s)

    Amanda Kim

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    109m

  • Cast

    Nam June Paik

strong language, racism, moderate sex references, disturbing images
Classified Date:
30/03/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
violence
There is brief footage from WWII of a person being beaten.
threat and horror
There is footage of a policeman chasing an activist with a baton, images of armed soldiers escorting prisoners and references to an artist fearing arrest.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'damn', 'God').
sex
Moderate sex references occur. There is an image of a woman crouching with a paintbrush between her legs making a 'vagina painting'. An artist's topless performance art is deemed 'sex music' by critics and the media.
discrimination
References to historical racism are clearly disapproved of. There is a montage of dated cartoons featuring racist portrayals of Japanese, Korean and Chinese characters, as well as verbal references to Asian people having been misrepresented in Western media. There are verbal references to Korean students being forbidden from speaking their native tongue during the Japanese occupation.
drugs
There are reference to two television hosts being 'extremely stoned' during a live broadcast.
nudity
There is natural nudity during art performances. A female artist is seen topless during an arrest, and with small objects partially covering her breasts during performances. Artists create a robot with breasts and a penis.
disturbing images
There are brief images of gaunt looking prisoners being confined in concentration camps.
theme
There are passing references to mental health, mild themes of bereavement as well as references to a man's health declining as a result of his diabetes.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
moderate sex references, nudity, brief disturbing images, strong language
Classified Date:
31/03/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Dogwoof
language
There is infrequent strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘shit’, ‘God’ and ‘damn’. There is also a rude middle finger gesture.
sex
In a film clip, a prostitute solicits two men and says, “"Let me love you. Me so horny”. A woman refers to herself as a “groupie”
nudity
There is sight of breast nudity in several sequences of performance art. There is footage of a man moving with the use of a walking frame at a public event whose pants fall down to briefly reveal his genitals; observers seem to think it’s an accident attributable to the man’s infirmity, but it is implied that he caused this to happen deliberately as a prank.
disturbing images
There are brief still images of emaciated survivors of German and Japanese concentration camps in WWII, as well as an image of the dead bodies of victims of a firing squad from the same historical period, but without unduly strong injury detail.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are images from older twentieth century films, television shows and cartoons which depict South East Asian figures with offensive stereotypically caricatured appearances, including Western actors in make up; the film does not endorse such images. There is a passing drug reference. There is brief footage of water cannon being used on a rioting crowd. There is smoking in a historical context.
Classified Date:
31/05/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof

  • Classified date

    31/03/2023

  • Language

    English