Cut or Uncut? How Much of Alexander Skarsgård’s (Fake) Penis are ‘Pillion’ Viewers Getting at Home?
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Movies with strong sexual content are navigating the streaming era with a confusing multiplicity of versions, cut to match ever shifting sets of standards
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment This week, A24 released the home video version of the award-winning indie film Pillion , a tonally daring gay romantic drama adapted from the cult 2020 novel Box Hill. Subtitled “A Story of Low Self-Esteem,” the novel by Adam Mars-Jones — who co-wrote Pillion ’s script with director Harry Lighton — chronicles the ups and downs of a BDSM relationship between kink newbie Colin and strapping sadist biker Ray, an often leather-clad (and un-clad) statuesque disciplinarian right out of a Tom of Finland fantasy. The theatrical version which opened in early February in the U.S., and played until recently nationwide, stars Harry Melling as the besotted Colin and Hollywood’s current perverse, pansexual demigod on speed-dial, Alexander Skarsgård, as Ray. That version had lingering shots of Ray’s penis (a lifelike, girthy prosthetic), extended — and unusually graphic for mainstream — depictions of sex between the leads, and a hefty amount of Dolby-enhanced grunting and moaning. Related Stories Movies 'The Housemaid 2,' Starring Sydney Sweeney and Kirsten Dunst, Lands Holiday 2027 Release Movies Kim Novak Criticizes Sydney Sweeney Casting in 'Scandalous!': "She Was Totally Wrong to Play Me" But is that the version of Pillion landing on PVOD (Premium Video on Demand) and SVOD (Subscription Video on Demand) starting this week? Indie film distributor Jasper Basch spoke for many fans of the film when he expressed his concerns on an X post last week: “PSA: The ‘Pillion’ you get at home will be an edited down version of the ‘Pillion’ you saw in theaters, which presumably would have been rated NC-17. The home video movie ‘Pillion’ just got its R rating, after edits, and is officially now the only version titled ‘Pillion.’” Basch had been worried about the inte...
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