V for Vendetta banned in Singapore
Like many of you out there who made V for Vendetta the number one box office hit when it opened in Singapore, I was all hyped about getting the DVD upon release. So I headed down to my favourite DVD store, and was subsequently told that it was banned in Singapore for language that was anti-Christian.
I’m not the Pope or anything, but when I watched it in March, I didn’t detect any overtly anti-Christian sentiments. Anti-government ones, on the other hand, were what struck a resonant chord with all V fans.
Now if the Da Vinci Code DVD goes through without hitting the censors…
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Time for you to visit the friendly neighbourhood DVD shop across the border, I already got mine :P
The people with real eggs on their faces are the distributors, Alliance. I've seen quite a few standees of them advertising both the VCD and DVD with the tag 'Own it now'. Irony.
I don't remember anything even vaguely anti-Christian in the movie, which leads me to suspect:
A) You're right and the issue lies with the DVD extras.
B) It's a coverup and they just don't want us to buy the DVD. Maybe the VCD slipped through the cracks. Maybe they don't like Tchaikovsky.
Either way, I'll get a friend from the good ol' United States to pick it up for me and send it discreetly.
Weird. Really? That sucks. I wonder if anyone could post what the specific issues with the DVD extras were.
For clarity's sake.
The VCD is sold in Singapore, but not the DVD.
I agree that salesmen at DVD stores aren't exactly spokesmen for national policy, even though this particular salesman seemed overly eager to share his inside information and repeated himself a few times.
And lastly, I'm not being fussy about wanting the DVD version. When you have a daughter who's always interested in stuff going on in the living room like I do, DVD subtitles rule.
Hi lucian, spotted Code 3 V for Vendetta, Special and Deluxe Editions spotted at HMV Citilink today. Prices start at $29.90.
Thanks Shaun! Colleague bought me a copy. :)