Did you watch the film in the UK or is BBC4 available in other countries too?
Sydney,
Yes I think that in general, Britain is quite liberal in it's attitudes - more so than years ago. And I think that the British people are more liberal than we come across to the rest of the world........
Btw, What do you think about this subject. Do you consider yourself and the british in general as Europeans or do you think that the British lean more towards the US as it comes to culture?
Personally, I feel more European. I think that American movie makers can be hypocritical when they don't want to show nudity, but think nothing of showing characters shooting each others' brains out. I mean, which image is the most dangerous within a viewer's mind? And why didn't they want to release Fucking Amal in the US and UK under it's original title - I mean, don't we/they say the f-word every other second in their/our films anyway?! There are many great things about America (their independent films are really good), but one thing that I think British and Europeans agree on is that there is too much influence of American culture in Britain and Europe. This isn't running America down, but our countries want to keep their own identities too. I think it's important because all nationalities can learn so much from each other - no one nationality is more important than another. I don't see that there's anything wrong in Britain and America learning that there is a whole different world out there I think it's great that a website like this can have members from all over the world sharing their love for a film, with no prejudices against each other. That's great. I think that Britain has more in common with European countries than it realises, though. And we do have a lot of common history......
Take care,
Clara