I ask Duval if he believes violence can be pornographic. He coins a few slogans in response. Violence is pornographic when, for a variety of reasons, it is unacceptable. Violence is pornographic if it invites you to emulate it. Violence is pornographic if a degree of explicitness cannot be justified by context.
Violence is pornographic if it is also pornographic.
The next day I receive a call from Liz Wren, who, as head of Alliance, is distributing Seul Contre Tous . They are happy to leave the two violent scenes alone, but they insist on cutting the scene in the blue-movie house. Wren is outraged. This is the first time I've ever talked about a censorship issue, because it's the first time I've felt that there was dissent in the ranks' she says. Alliance were given James Ferman's unofficial opinion that the film should be kept intact.