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The Hidden Cinema James C Robertson

The Hidden Cinema By James C Robertson

The Hidden Cinema by James C Robertson


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How does film censorship work in Britain? Robertson examines the history of the British Board of Film Censors and shows that censorship has had a greater influence on film history than is often assumed.

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The Hidden Cinema: British Film Censorship in Action 1913-1972 by James C Robertson

How does film censorship work in Britain? Jim Robertson's new paperback edition of The Hidden Cinema argues that censorship has had a far greater influence on British film history than is often apparent, creating the `hidden cinema' of the title. Robertson charts the role of the British Board of Film Censors, established in 1913, and the histories of a variety of noteworthy films including Battleship Potemkin and No Orchids for Miss Blandish and revealing how censorship continues to exert a marked influence on many important films - like the controversial A Clockwork Orange - some of which have now vanished from British screens altogether. This edition includes a brand new section on Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris, immediately engulfed in censorship wrangles on its release in 1972.

The Hidden Cinema Reviews

`This volume in the excellent `Cinema and Society' series edited by Jeffrey Richards ... is interesting throughout [and] thoroughly researched.' - Film Review

`... immensely entertaining, eye opening social history, achieving a nice balance between the prudish and the prurient.' - Philip French, The Observer

About James C Robertson

Dr James C Robertson

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 The silents, 1913-1929 2 The early talkies, 1930-1939 3 The Second World War and its aftermath, 1940-1950 4 The later talkies, 1950-1975 5 Conclusion

Additional information

NLS9780415090346
9780415090346
0415090342
The Hidden Cinema: British Film Censorship in Action 1913-1972 by James C Robertson
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1993-05-06
216
N/A
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