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In July the Australian Film Classification board refused to issue an exemption from classification for Bruce LaBruce’s feature film L.A. Zombie. While this latest work by the renowned Canadian director has since screened at prestigious independent film festivals around the world, the Board signalled that the film would likely be refused classification within Australia, effectively prohibiting the screening and distribution of the film. Described as “zombie splatter-gore porn,” LaBruce’s film seems to have attracted the attention of the Classification Board for its ‘Frankenstinian’ marriage of horror and gay hardcore. It is this provocative mixture of what we might colloquially term ‘c*ck and schlock’ that Spectacles of Perversion addresses. A one-off public discussion that brings together cultural commentators and leading voices in anti-censorship debates, including leading anti-censorship lawyer Raena Lea-Shannon and underground film guru Jack Sargeant, Spectacles of Perversion will engage with the L.A. Zombie saga, as well as the broader issue of film censorship and its relation to queer representations of sex and sexuality. With special guest Bruce LaBruce joining the discussions via video link from Toronto this forum asks how we entertain the possibility of representing perversion writ large when departures from normative representations of sexuality continue to attract the juridical action of regulatory bodies such as the Classification Board.
Friday 5th November. Red Rattler Theatre. Doors open 7.30 for 8pm start. Entry $10/$7. For further details go to www.redrattler.org
Organised by Perv, a film and video festival dedicated to screening queerotic content.