• Director(s)

    Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    19/04/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    88m

Film

Fantastic Machine

strong language, violence, sex references, images of real dead bodies

The evolution of photographic images and our fascination with them is the focus of this documentary. Scenes include darker themes, such as war and violence, and audiences are left to ponder the meaning of some sequences.…

The evolution of photographic images and our fascination with them is the focus of this documentary. Scenes include darker themes, such as war and violence, and audiences are left to ponder the meaning of some sequences.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

nudity

disturbing images

dangerous behaviour

  • Director(s)

    Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    19/04/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    88m

N/A
Classified Date:
18/04/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
strong language, violence, sex references, images of real dead bodies
Classified Date:
19/12/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
violence
Footage from a TV programme or film features a bloody shooting, as well as brief footage from a video reportedly showing the building of a bomb, and people displaying their skill with guns and nunchucks.
threat and horror
Sequences of threat include brief footage from a mass shooting, raids on buildings, people caught in storms, and other events.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms including 'shit', bitch', 'ass', 'asshole' Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
An internet celebrity discusses her intention to release a pornographic video, and in one sequence is shown displaying different sex toys and fellating a dildo.
discrimination
There is brief silent film footage of a Western, featuring people implied to be Native American.
nudity
There is occasional footage featuring natural full frontal nudity in early film footage, include a brief sequence in which two nude people kiss.
disturbing images
There are images of real dead bodies, including that of a young woman killed in an earthquake as her body is photographed by a group of journalists. There is also footage from the Holocaust, depicting naked corpses being carried or dragged to a mass grave. The footage is contextualised by the filmmakers, explaining the historical context to the footage with a focus on how it was filmed and why. There are also brief images of dead animals.
dangerous behaviour
People engage in dangerous and reckless behaviour in order to obtain photographs and footage for social media. Some partake in extreme sports, resulting in implied crashes and injuries.
theme
There are occasional upsetting scenes, showing people in states of distress from different events or video footage they have seen.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
11/03/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
Classified Date:
28/02/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
Classified Date:
18/04/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment

  • Classified date

    19/12/2023

  • Language

    English