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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 ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: eng Publication details: London : Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2012.Description: xii, 228 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781844574766 (pbk.)
  • 1844574768 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43
LOC classification:
  • PN 1995.65 B419 2012
Contents:
Foreword; M. Kermode .- Preface; Q. Thomas.- Introduction; E. Lamberti.- Censorship Under Siege: The BBFC in the Silent Era; S. Brown.- 'The People's Amusement': Cinemagoing and the BBFC, 1928-1948; R. James.- From The Snake Pit to the Garden of Eden: A Time of Temptation for the Board; S. Chibnall.- The Trevelyan Years: British Censorship and 1960s Cinema; T. Hargreaves .- Wake of the Flood: Key Issues in UK Censorship, 1970-1975; S. Simkin.- The Poacher Turned Gamekeeper: James Ferman and the Increasing Intervention of the Law; G. Osborn & A. Sinclair .- More Than Just a 'Nasty' Decade: Classifying the Popular in the 1980s; S. Barber .- Head-On Collisions: The BBFC in the 1990s; J. Petley'The Last Days of the Board'; R. Duval.- The Director's Commentary; D. Cooke.- On the BBFC in the Digital Age; G. Lemos, J. Carr, G. Hawthorn, S. Sedley & A. Phoenix .- Case Studies by BBFC Staff: .- Battleship Potemkin; A. McDowell.- Island of Lost Souls; K. Myers.- The Snake Pit; D. Hyman.- Caged; J. Green.- Cape Fear; D. Hyman.- Blowup; E. Lamberti.- A Clockwork Orange; K. Myers.- WR: Mysteries of the Organism; C. Lapper.- The Panic in Needle Park; M. Perkins.- Shivers; D. Hyman.- The Tin Drum; C. Lapper.- Christiane F; C. Lapper.- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; E. Lamberti.- Licence to Kill; E. Lamberti.- International Guerillas; J. Green.- Mikey; J. Green.- Ichi the Killer; M. Perkins.- Lilo & Stitch; J. Green.- 9 Songs; C.O'BrienHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; K. Myers
Summary: This is the official history of the British Board of Film Classification. It includes case studies of controversial films and film genres and is illustrated with material from the BBFC's archive.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-222) and index.

Foreword; M. Kermode .- Preface; Q. Thomas.- Introduction; E. Lamberti.- Censorship Under Siege: The BBFC in the Silent Era; S. Brown.- 'The People's Amusement': Cinemagoing and the BBFC, 1928-1948; R. James.- From The Snake Pit to the Garden of Eden: A Time of Temptation for the Board; S. Chibnall.- The Trevelyan Years: British Censorship and 1960s Cinema; T. Hargreaves .- Wake of the Flood: Key Issues in UK Censorship, 1970-1975; S. Simkin.- The Poacher Turned Gamekeeper: James Ferman and the Increasing Intervention of the Law; G. Osborn & A. Sinclair .- More Than Just a 'Nasty' Decade: Classifying the Popular in the 1980s; S. Barber .- Head-On Collisions: The BBFC in the 1990s; J. Petley'The Last Days of the Board'; R. Duval.- The Director's Commentary; D. Cooke.- On the BBFC in the Digital Age; G. Lemos, J. Carr, G. Hawthorn, S. Sedley & A. Phoenix .- Case Studies by BBFC Staff: .- Battleship Potemkin; A. McDowell.- Island of Lost Souls; K. Myers.- The Snake Pit; D. Hyman.- Caged; J. Green.- Cape Fear; D. Hyman.- Blowup; E. Lamberti.- A Clockwork Orange; K. Myers.- WR: Mysteries of the Organism; C. Lapper.- The Panic in Needle Park; M. Perkins.- Shivers; D. Hyman.- The Tin Drum; C. Lapper.- Christiane F; C. Lapper.- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; E. Lamberti.- Licence to Kill; E. Lamberti.- International Guerillas; J. Green.- Mikey; J. Green.- Ichi the Killer; M. Perkins.- Lilo & Stitch; J. Green.- 9 Songs; C.O'BrienHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; K. Myers

This is the official history of the British Board of Film Classification. It includes case studies of controversial films and film genres and is illustrated with material from the BBFC's archive.

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