The Hidden Cinema

British Film Censorship in Action 1913-1972

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by James C. Robertson

Type

Studies

Subject

Countries > Great Britain

Keywords

Great Britain, censorship

Publishing date

2017

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Cinema and Society

1st publishing

1993

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 216 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-1-138-16238-9

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Book Presentation:
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.

Press 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

See the publisher website: Routledge