The 1979 movie "The Tin Drum", Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film was recently seized in what can only be called censorship. The film was based on the 1959 movie by Gunter Grass. Despite the awards and recognition the 1979 version has gained, the recent recognition has been negative to say the least. An Oklahoma judge has declared the file obscene under Oklahoma law. The judge was acting upon complaints lodged by an anti- pornography group. The law the judge used was a law that forbids any depiction of a person under the age of 18 having sex. The law also includes any actor who PORTRAYS someone under the age of 18. "The Tin Drum" -- which is rated "R" and is not sexually explicit -- has a sex scene between two young characters. 

Just hours after the judges ruling came down, police were pounding down the front door to Michael Camfields Oklahoma City home before he'd even finished watching the movie. The police, who'd already seized movies from 6 rental houses (which by the way is how they obtained the knowledge that he had rented the movie AND his home address) demanded the movie be turned over to them. Ironically the movie, which shows a young boy's view of Nazi Germany, is an indictment of fascism. Hummm .. does a hit a little too close to home for that Oklahoma judge?