Controversial Cinema The Films That Outraged America

Name: Controversial Cinema The Films That Outraged America
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ISBN: 9780275994648

ISBN-10: 0275994643

ISBN-13: 9780275994648

Edition: 2008

Authors: Kendall R. Phillips

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Since the widespread banning of DW Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, the American film industry has found itself embroiled in one political controversy after another. These controversies have centered on everything from the portrayal of the past, as in Griffith's film, to depictions of sex and sexuality, to the use of graphic violence, and issues of race, religion, and politics. In turn, segments of the American public have been driven to boycott, picket, and even censor those films they felt challenged their sense of decency. At the heart of this history of controversial films is a strange paradox: while films, especially popular and mainstream films, are often portrayed as meaningless…

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List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/30/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Censorship, Culture, and Controversy



Sex, Gender, and Sexuality: Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs



Violence and Crime: Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers



Race and Ethnicity: Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing



Religion: Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ


Conclusion


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index