German director Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Perfect days) He withdrew his film in 1975 Wrong move (Flash Boygong) is out of circulation, citing a controversial nude scene with 13-year-old actress Nastassja Kinski.
Kinski has been trying for years to convince Wenders to edit the film to cut out the controversial scene, in which she is shown lying on her bed, wearing only her panties. In the scene, star Rudiger Vogler, 30, enters the room, strips down to his underwear and lies on top of her, slapping her and then caressing her face.
“Although I didn’t know much when I was 13, I can say that it wasn’t true,” Kinski said in a recent interview with German newspaper The German newspaper. Süddeutsche Zeitung.
The Wim Wenders Foundation, which controls the rights to the film, announced on Wednesday its withdrawal Wrong move From blood circulation. “Streaming partners, TV broadcasters and distribution partners will be instructed to stop audience access to the film,” the nonprofit group said in a statement.
Wenders did not say whether he planned to re-edit the film to remove the scene.
Wenders addressed the controversy surrounding the film at the German Film Awards last Friday, where he received a lifetime achievement award. In his acceptance speech, Wenders said he would not film the scene today, and said he knew keeping it in the film would still cause pain for Kinski, the actress, whom he said “I admired greatly, and still do.” after Wrong moveWenders and Kinski would go on to collaborate on the Palme d’Or-winning film Paris, Texas (1984) and beyond Far, so close! (1993).
But Wenders stopped short of vowing to remove the scene, questioning whether he had the right to change the film’s date.
“I can’t blame the guy who was 29 years old, 50 years ago, who made a film about his era; he wanted, in a way, to capture the spirit of the era,” Wenders said.
Wenders called on members of the German Film Academy, especially young directors, to discuss this issue and help him solve it.
In his speech, Wenders noted that Steven Spielberg regretted re-editing digitally ET: Extra Terrestrial For the 20th anniversary re-release of the film. In the film’s famous bike chase scene, Spielberg replaced government agents’ weapons with walkie-talkies. Spielberg later said that was a mistake and restored the original firearms for later versions of the film.
in case Wrong moveHowever, the issue is not simply a matter of freedom of expression or changing cultural norms. Kinski’s lawyer, Christian Schertz, criticized Wenders’ letter as an attempt to evade personal responsibility for his actions, and said he would file suit if Wenders did not remove the scene.
Another observer noted that although Kinski had always respectfully expressed her desire for the images to be removed, Wenders made her request seem as if they posed “a threat to the freedom of cinema itself: the freedom of every artist in the room. Anyone watching and listening to his words cannot help but feel stunned,” as an editorial in Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Another opinion article in German daily Attention They agreed that “it would be symbolically correct to remove the scene.”
