Hollywood v. Hard Core

How the Struggle Over Censorship Created the Modern Film Industry

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Jon Lewis

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Between 1968 and 1973 Hollywood films were faltering at the box office, and the major studios were in deep trouble. Hollywood's principal competition came from a body of independently produced and distributed films like "Last Tango in Paris" and hard-core pornography like "Behind the Green Door". These films were at once disreputable and chic. In response, Hollywood imposed the industry-wide MPAA film rating system that pushed sexually explicit films outside the mainstream, and a series of Supreme Court decisions all but outlawed the theatrical exhibition of hard core pornographic films. Together, these events allowed Hollywood to extend its iron grip over what films got made and where they were shown, thus saving it from financial ruin.

Author Biography:

Jon Lewis is Professor of English at Oregon State University where he has taught film and cultural studies since 1983. His books include Whom God Wishes to Destroy . . . Francis Coppola and the New Hollywood, The Road to Romance and Ruin: Teen Films and Youth Culture, and (as editor) The New American Cinema.

Release date NZ

September 1st, 2002

Author

Jon Lewis

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

377

Dimensions

3895x5830x26

ISBN-13

9780814751435

Product ID

2759395

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