Over at Films.com, Christine Champ has an interesting article about the MPAA’s successful efforts to force Kevin Smith to take down a “red band” trailer of his film Zack and Miri Make a Porno from his own website. Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net goes into more detail, explaining that as a signatory of the MPAA (though not a member), the Weinstein Co. must follow certain rules related to trailers. Of course, they can make up whatever rules for members they want, in theory, but the idea that the MPAA can regulate a basically ungovernable region seems somewhere between ludicrous and spooky.  There are other reasons why most small distributors (and independent producers) don’t generally submit films to the MPAA (primarily financial) but freedom is a nice side benefit.

ht: Chris Thilk

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