Audiences are left with the impression that the pencil has been slammed into the face or eye of the victim, but there is no actual sight of any impact, nor any blood or injury. For example, in one key sequence (the 'pencil trick scene'), The Joker demonstrates a 'trick' by balancing a pencil on the table a villain’s head is then slammed onto the table and the pencil has 'disappeared'. The impacts of blows are mostly masked by actors’ bodies or camera angles, but the impression of violence is occasionally strong. The violence in the film is quickly edited, and whilst sometimes crunchy, it is almost entirely lacking in any blood or injury details. The examiners who classified the film agreed it met the Guidelines criteria, however, there were a significant numbers of complaints about the 12A rating from members of the public. There should be no emphasis on injuries and blood’ and ‘Sustained moderate threat and menace are permitted. BBFC Guidelines for 12A at the time stated ‘Violence must not dwell on detail. The main classification issues in The Dark Knight are violence and threat. In the USA, the MPAA had already rated the film PG-13, for ‘for intense sequences of violence and some menace’.īefore the film was even submitted, it attracted significant media attention, much of it due to the sudden death of actor Heath Ledger, who played The Joker. The previous film in the superhero series, Batman Begins (also starring Christian Bale and directed by Christopher Nolan), was classified 12A in 2005. The Dark Knight came to the BBFC for classification in 2008, with a distributor request for a 12A age rating.
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