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newspaper article		Aust. film violence angers MP in West Australian (22/05/1979) p.- Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979) PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: VIOLENCE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; CENSORSHIP. AUSTRALIA; MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979) Summary: Peter Johnson, Federal MP and Deputy President of the Australian Crime Prevention Council, wants to see Mad Max banned due to its violence More info
book		Fatal visions: the golden age 1990-1998 : The best of issues 7-21 / edited by Michael Helms [Thornbury, Vic.]: [Fatal Visions], 2016. Call No: 120 FAT Author: Helms, Michael; Sargeant, Jack Source: AT Place: [Thornbury, Vic.] Publisher: [Fatal Visions] PubDate: 2016 PhysDes: 296 p: ill. ; 24 cm Subject: AUSTRALIA; CRITICISM; VIOLENCE IN FILMS; VIOLENCE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, USE OF FILMS IN; JODOROWSKY, ALEXANDRO; WORST FILMS; PROPAGANDA FILMS; GERMANY; WATERS, JOHN (US); JACKSON, PETER (NZ); HENENLOTTER, FRANK; HEWITT, JON; MEXICO; RAIMI, SAM; HENRIKSEN, LANCE; WOO, JOHN [pseud. of Wu Yusen]; FERRARA, ABEL; ASIAN COUNTRIES; JAPAN Summary: In 2012 The LedaTape Organisation put out Fatal Visions: The Wonder Years 1988-1989, the first volume to collect some of the earliest writings to appear in Fatal Visions, the Australian zine devoted to trash film and attendant culture that became a critically well-received and internationally distributed magazine. Four years later Fatal Visions: The Golden Age 1990-1998, the second volume in the Fatal Visions series has come screaming into the world. What’s presented here is a personal selection by editor Michael Helms from the final fifteen issues of Fatal Visions. A true best-of and showcase for as many of the still highly relevant and entertaining articles, interviews and reviews from some of the most exciting writers working in trash film. - Blondes, Bockwurst & Porn – a trashfilm tour of Europe by Jack Stevenson. - Mexploitation Explained by Steve Fentone. - Cool & The Crazy – Bruce Milne’s seminal article on The Cramps. - Eyeball On Asia – watching film in Asian countries with Stefan Hammond. - Kris Gilpin interviews Charles Napier. - Other interviews include Abel Ferrara, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Lance Henriksen, Peter Jackson and John Woo. - Hundreds of cinema & video reviews. - Foreword by Jack Sargeant. Profusely illustrated – with index! Notes: Includes index ISBN: 9780994411211 ID2: 251 More info
book		Fatal visions: the wonder years 1988-89 : a compendium of the first 6 issues / edited by Michael Helms Thornbury, Vic.: Fatal Visions, 2012. Call No: 120 FAT Author: Helms, Michael (ed.) Source: AT Place: Thornbury, Vic. Publisher: Fatal Visions PubDate: 2012 PhysDes: 248 p: ill. ; 24 cm Series: LedaTape S (cop a feel) series Subject: AUSTRALIA; CRITICISM; VIOLENCE IN FILMS; VIOLENCE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA Summary: "A collection of Fatal Visions, Melbourne's own infamous trash film zine, has congealed into perfect bound format. Proving that dead tree technology has not entirely slipped into a coma this compilation covers the earliest and rarest entries in FVs decade-long publication history" -- back cover. Notes: Includes index Originally published in serial form beginning 1988 Fatal visions 1035-2740 ISBN: 9781921775666 ID2: 252 More info
newspaper article		MHR shocked by local film in Courier Mail (21/05/1979) p.13 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979) Author: - PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: VIOLENCE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; CENSORSHIP. AUSTRALIA; MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979) Summary: Peter Johnson, Federal MP and Deputy President of the Australian Crime Prevention Council, wants to see Mad Max banned due to its violence More info
journal article		Screen violence debate flares at conference in Encore (Jan 28, 1998) vol.15 iss.21 p.13 Author: Kaufman, Tina PhysDes: Conference report Subject: CENSORSHIP. AUSTRALIA; VIOLENCE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCES. AUSTRALIA. 1997; BLACKROCK (AT, Steven Vidler, 1997) Summary: Report on 'Violence, Crime and the Entertainment Media' conference co-hosted by the Australian Institute of Criminology and the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) focussing on the effect of the rape in "Blackrock". More info
book		Senate Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Electronic Technologies : portrayal of violence in the electronic media Canberra: {Commonwealth of Australia}, 1996. Call No: 45:179(94) AUS CorpAuthor: Australia. Parliament. Senate. Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Electronic Technologies Place: Canberra Publisher: {Commonwealth of Australia} PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: 106 p. ; 30 cm Subject: VIOLENCE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; VIOLENCE ON TV. AUSTRALIA Notes: Official Hansard Proof; Friday, 29 November 1996 More info
book		Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Video Material / by the Research Branch of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal [North Sydney: The Tribunal], 1985. Call No: 44(94) SUB Source: AT Place: [North Sydney Publisher: The Tribunal] PubDate: 1985 PhysDes: 40 leaves ; 30 cm Subject: CENSORSHIP. AUSTRALIA; VIDEO, FILMS ON. AUSTRALIA; VIOLENCE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; VIOLENCE ON TV. AUSTRALIA; SEX IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; SEX ON TV; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION. AUSTRALIA; RATING FOR TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Study of the effects of sex and violence on viewers, particularly children, and the usefulness of the classification system Contents: Introduction -- Research on the effects of violence -- Public attitudes to televised violence and sex -- Attitudes to censorship -- Summary -- discussion of issues -- comments on the terms of reference -- references More info
book		Third and final report upon the inquiry into strategies to deal with the issue of community violence with particular reference to the mass media and entertainment industries / Parliament of Victoria, Social Development Committee Melbourne: The Committee, 1989. Call No: 440.25(94) THI Source: AT Place: Melbourne Publisher: The Committee PubDate: 1989 PhysDes: xvii, 292 p. ; 25 cm Series: Parliamentary paper / Parliament of Victoria ; no. 63 Subject: AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING TRIBUNAL; VIOLENCE IN FILMS; VIOLENCE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; CENSORSHIP. AUSTRALIA; CENSORSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA : VICTORIA; STATE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; PORNOGRAPHIC FILMS. AUSTRALIA Summary: A report commissioned by the Parliament of Victoria to deal with strategies against community violence following the Hoddle Street and Queen Street massacres of 1987. It includes a report by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal on the issue of violence on television, as well as investigation into the regulation of film and mass-media which contain violent themes. ISBN: 0724172491 More info
subject clippings file		VIOLENCE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: VIOLENCE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA More info

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