The new label lacks sex appeal. NC-17: it could be the license plate of the deputy attorney general of North Carolina. Instead it is the movie industry's latest code phrase, designating certain films for adults only -- no children under 17 allowed. Hollywood used to call it X.
The change in labels, announced last week by the Motion Picture Association of America, climaxes months of high-minded wrangling among filmmakers, movie reviewers and the Hollywood establishment. When Xs were handed out to such distinguished foreign films as Pedro Almodovar's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! and Peter Greenaway's The Cook the Thief...
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