The Story Of Looking

threat and horror

There is brief grainy footage of a kneeling woman surrounded and restrained by a group of men; we are told that the video purportedly shows a woman being beheaded in Saudi Arabia, but this extract only shows the moments leading up to the killing.

sex

There is brief sight of a screen scrolling through a pornography site. Although the thumbnails and captions of the videos are partially blurred, there is partial sight of nudity and implied fellatio and penetration.

disturbing images

There is a black-and-white still image of a pile of emaciated dead bodies of concentration camp victims. A short clip from the 1929 black-and-white film UN CHIEN ANDALOU shows the eye of a dead animal being sliced with a razorblade. A sequence of moderate medical detail shows real cataract surgery being performed in extreme close up.

There is also natural nudity, references to discrimination and infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’).

One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

brief strong threat, sexual images, gore, images of real dead bodies

Classified Date:

06/08/2021

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Modern Films

Cuts:

The distributor chose to make edits to the film to achieve a 15 classification. A sequence featuring strong sexual images was replaced with less detailed imagery. Changes were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 18 classification was available.

threat and horror

There is brief grainy footage of a kneeling woman surrounded and restrained by a group of men; we are told that the video purportedly shows a woman being beheaded in Saudi Arabia, but this extract only shows the moments leading up to the killing.

sex

There is brief sight of a screen scrolling through a pornography site. Although the thumbnails and captions of the videos are partially blurred, there is partial sight of nudity and implied fellatio and penetration.

disturbing images

There is a black-and-white still image of a pile of emaciated dead bodies of concentration camp victims. A short clip from the 1929 black-and-white film UN CHIEN ANDALOU shows the eye of a dead animal being sliced with a razorblade. A sequence of moderate medical detail shows real cataract surgery being performed in extreme close up.

There is also natural nudity, references to discrimination and infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’).

Classified Date:

05/08/2021

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Modern Films

Classified date

06/08/2021
Language

English

Director(s)

Mark Cousins

Production Year

2021

Release date

17/09/2021

Genre(s)

Documentary

Approx. running minutes

87m

Cast

Mark Cousins