Film Regulation in a Cultural Context / / Daniel Sacco.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• VerfasserIn: Sacco, Daniel,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Traditions in World Cinema : TWC
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.) :; 18 B/W illustrations 18 b&w images

Compares censorship's distinct and varying profiles across five different national contexts - U.S.A., Britain, Canada, Australia and FranceHistorical analysis of causes and consequences of the transition away from formal censor boards and toward current practices of classification and ratingsDetailed textual analysis of the relevant films to contextualize and evaluate rhetorical arguments put forth against them in controversial public receptionsDraws parallels between the rhetorical practices of censors, and those of the critics, distributors, and advertisers that have assumed the social control of film cultureFilm Regulation in a Cultural Context examines cinematic works that provoked censorious impulses throughout the shift away from formal film censorship in the late modern West. The public controversies surrounding Fat Girl, Irreìversible, Ken Park, The Brown Bunny, Wolf Creek and Welcome to New York, each highlight significant stages in this cultural shift, which necessitated policy revision within Britain, Canada and Australia's institutions of film censorship.Sacco draws parallels and distinctions between governmental film regulation policies and the social control mechanisms at work within a wider network of institutions, including news media, film festivals and advocacy groups. He examines the means by, and ends to which the social control of film content persists in a national 'post-censorship' media landscape, and how concepts of film 'classification' manifest in commercial market contexts, journalistic criticism and practices of distribution and advertising.