I have to confess that I, like millions of others, have seen The Tin Drum. So I can t honestly say that I immediately recognized The Tin Drum as a cinematic masterpiece. My strongest memory of it is that I had a powerful urge to set down my bowl of buttered popcorn, flip off the VCR and catch a quick nap. Maybe that s why I couldn t immediately recall the specific 30-second scene that caused Bob Anderson to launch his crusade. That s right.
Shows isn t exactly the right word, though.
I recently downloaded the objectionable scene from CNN s site on the Internet and watched it again. In fact, I watched it again and again and again. The boy and the girl are in a bathhouse at the beach. In the span of about 30 seconds, the audience hears the girl let out a yell and sees her push the boy away. There is no nudity whatsoever.