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Behind the scenes at the BBFC : film classification from the silver screen to the digital age / edited by Edward Lamberti ; associate editors Jason Green, David Hyman, Craig Lapper, Karen Myers London: BFI book published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Call No: 44(410) BEHSource: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: BFI book published by Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2012PhysDes: xii, 228 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cmSubject: CENSORSHIP. UK ; BRONENOSETS POTEMKIN [BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) ; ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, THE (US, Erle C. Kenton, 1932) ; SNAKE PIT (US, Anatole Litvak, 1948) ; CAPE FEAR (US, J. Lee Thompson, 1961) ; BLOWUP (UK/IT, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) ; PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK (US, Jerry Schatzberg, 1971) ; WR MISTERIJE ORGANIZMA (YU/GW, Dusan Makaveyev, 1971) ; CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1971) ; PARASITE MURDERS, THE (CN, David Cronenberg, 1975) ; BLECHTROMMEL, DIE (GW/FR/YU/PL, Volker Schlondorff, 1979) ; CHRISTIANE F.- WIR KINDER VOM BAHNHOF ZOO (GW, Ulrich Edel, 1981) ; INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (US, Steven Spielberg, 1984) ; LICENCE TO KILL (UK/US, John Glen, 1989) ; LILO & STITCH (US, Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders, 2002) ; 9 SONGS (UK, Michael Winterbottom, 2004) ; HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (UK/US, Mike Newell, 2005) Summary: "Established by the film industry in 1912 as the nation's only official and independent classifier of the moving image, the British Board of Film Classification (originally the British Board of Film Censors) has long been a source of fascination - and sometimes a bone of contention - for filmgoers, film-makers and industry figures. This new book, published in the BBFC's centenary year, traces the fascinating history of film classification, censorship and controversy in Britain, and marks an unparalleled collaboration between the BBFC and leading film critics, historians and cultural commentators. The book also features unique case studies, written by BBFC staff, focusing on significant films that have provoked debate and controversy both within the BBFC and more widely - Battleship Potemkin, The Snake Pit, A Clockwork Orange, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and many more." - taken from back cover.Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN: 9781844574766Contents: Introduction: A Centennary Book -- 1.Censorship Under Siege: The BBFC in the Silent Era / Simon Brown -- Case Study: Battleship Potemkin (1925) / Aidan McDowell -- 2.`The People's Amusement': Cinemagoing and the BBFC, 1928-48 / Robert James -- Case Study: Island of Lost Souls (1932) / Karen Myers -- 3.From the Snake Pit to the Garden of Eden: A Time of Temptation for the Board / Steve Chibnall -- Case Study: The Snake Pit (1948) / David Hyman -- Case Study: Caged (1950) / Jason Green -- 4.The Trevelyan Years: British Censorship and 1960s Cinema / Tracy Hargreaves -- Case Study: Cape Fear (1962) / David Hyman -- Case Study: Blowup (1966) / Edward Lamberti -- 5.Wake of the Flood: Key Issues in UK Censorship, 1970-5 / Stevie Simkin -- Case Study: The Panic In Needle Park (1971) / Murray Perkins -- Case Study: WR - Misterije Organizma (WR - Mysteries of the Organism, 1971) / Craig Lapper -- Case Study: A Clockwork Orange (1971) / Karen Myers -- 6.The `Poacher Turned Gamekeeper': James Ferman and the Increasing Intervention of the Law / Alex Sinclair -- Case Study: Shivers (1975) / David Hyman -- Case Study: Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum, 1979) / Craig Lapper -- Case Study: Christiane F. - Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo (Christiane F.-We Children From Zoo Station, 1981) / Craig Lapper -- 7.More Than Just a `Nasty' Decade: Classifying the Popular in the 1980s / Sian Barber -- Case Study: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) / Edward Lamberti -- Case Study: Licence to Kill (1989) / Edward Lamberti -- 8.Head-On Collisions: The BBFC in the 1990s / Julian Petley -- Case Study: International Guerillas (1990) / Jason Green -- Case Study: Mikey (1992) / Jason Green -- 9.`The Last Days of the Board' / Robin Duval -- Case Study: Ichi the Killer (2001) / Murray Perkins -- Case Study: Lilo & Stitch (2002) / Jason Green -- 10.The Director's Commentary / David Cooke -- Case Study: 9 Songs (2004) / Caitlin O'Brien -- Case Study: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) / Karen Myers -- 11.On the BBFC in the Digital Age -- Censorship and Classification in the Free Society / Gerard Lemos -- Reflections on the 1979 Williams Report / Geoffrey Hawthorn -- Future Technologies and How They Might Impact on Film Classification and Censorship / John Carr -- A Margin of Appreciation / Stephen Sedley -- How the World Has Changed for Children and Parents, 1912-2012 / Ann Phoenix.
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Subversive horror cinema : countercultural messages of films from Frankenstein to the present / Jon Towlson ; foreword by Jeff Lieberman. Jefferson, North Carolina: 2014.
Call No: 735.2 TOWAuthor: Towlson, Jon Source: USPlace: Jefferson, North CarolinaPubDate: 2014PhysDes: vii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmSubject: HORROR FILMS ; FRANKENSTEIN (US, James Whale, 1931) ; FREAKS (US, Tod Browning, 1932) ; CAT PEOPLE (US, Jacques Tourneur, 1942) ; CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, THE (US, Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise, 1944) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; CRAZIES, THE (US, George A. Romero, 1973) ; LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (US, Wes Craven, 1972) ; TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, THE (US, Tobe Hooper, 1974) ; PARASITE MURDERS, THE (CN, David Cronenberg, 1975) ; DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1979) ; HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER 2 (US, Chuck Parello, 1997) ; HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (US, John McNaughton, 1989[prod. 1985]) ; AMERICAN PSYCHO (US, Mary Harron, 1999) ; TEETH (US, Mitchell Lichtenstein, 2007) Summary: "This book argues that a succession of filmmakers working in horror have used the genre to challenge the status quo. Spanning the decades from the 1930s onwards this critical text examines the work of producers and directors as varied as George A. Romero, Pete Walker, Michael Reeves, Herman Cohen, Wes Craven and Brian Yuzna"-- [Extract taken from the back of the book] --Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also issued onlineISBN: 9780786474691Contents: Introduction -- Anti-eugenics: Frankenstein (1931) and Freaks (1932) -- anti-1940s home front propaganda: Cat people (1942) and The curse of the Cat people (1944) -- Anti-1950s Cold War conformity: the films of Herman Cohen -- Anti-establishment 1960s-1970s Britain: the films of Michael Reeves and Pete Walker -- Anti-Vietnam: Night of the living dead (1968), Deathdream (1972) and The crazies (1973) -- Anti-Hollywood violence and dark counterculture: Last house on the left (1972) and The Texas chain saw massacre (1974) -- Counterculture revolution: Shivers (1975), Blue Sunshine (1978) and Dawn of the dead (1978) -- Anti-"reaganomics": Henry-portrait of a serial killer (1986) and American psycho (2000) -- Anti-1990s materialism: Brian Yuzna and Splatstick -- Anti-new puritanism: Teeth (2007) and American Mary (2012) -- Afterword: Subversive horror cinema post-9/11.
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