Contributor
Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Imprint:Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2007.
Description4 videodisc (243 min.) : sd., col.,and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Film excerpts Disc. 1: A Fool There was, Possessed, Klondike Annie and more.
Note:Film excerpts Disc 2: It happened one night, Gone with the wind, Double Indemnity and more.
Note:Film excerpts Disc 3: The Miracle, Baby Doll, Lolita, and others films.
Note:Film excerpts Disc 4: Midnight Cowboy, A clockwork orange, Deep throat and others.
Note:Disc 1. The early decades -- Disc 2. From the depression to WWII -- Disc 3. The 1950's and 1960's -- Disc. 4. The late 1960's to the 90's.
Note:Disc 1. The early decades. While the earliest motion pictures were admoired simply for their novelty, viewers soon demanded more. This program describes the discovery of sex as a surefire cinematic attraction and the outrages it provoked among religious and civic authorities during Hollywood's formative years. Documenting the rise of William Hayes as the arbiter of movie morality--and the studio system's answer, after the Fatty Arbuckle fiasco, to the threat of government censorship--- the programs explores the artistic and cultural shock waves created by Theda Bara, Ruldolf Valentino, Eric Von Stroheim, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrick, Jean Harlow, Busby Berkeley, Mae West, Barbara Stanwyck and many other early film luminaries.
Note:Disc 2. From the depression to WWII. In what many see as Hollywood's Golden Age, the offices of William Hayes and Joseph Breen worked overtime to combat sexuality and subversion in American movies. This program examines the products of that era--films that danced around the standards of the Production Cade anmd paved the way for increasingly daring storytelling and images. From the modesty of It happened one night to the shocking and nearly prohibited use of "damn" in Gone with the Wind to the ambiguous morality of Double Indemnity, the program surveys the achievements of Clark Gable, Hedy Lemar, Errol Flynn, Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth, Jane Russell, Cecil B. DeMille, Frank Capra, Billy Wiolder, Preston Sturges and other screen artists. The forces that led to Hays' dismissal and the weakening of the Code are discussed in depth.
Note:After World War II, the wholesomeness of American movies faced a tidal wave of change--from outside, as a growing number of provocative foreign films made their way to the U.S., and from within as car culture flowered and drive-in theaters sprang up across the country. This program documents the period, from the birth of art house cinema to the ascent of boundry busting American actresses such as Ingrid Bergman, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Marilyn Monroe and directors like Marlon Brando and Stanley Kubrick. Studying the shifting moral standards that Hollywood, Italian cinema, and the Frrench New Wave signaled --and which the Catholic Legion of Decency resisted tooth and nail. The 1952 Supreme Court decision granting First Ammendment protection to motion pictures is also highlighted.
Note:In 1965, the Catholic Legion of Decency closed its doors; the following year the Hays Code was scrapped. This program looks at the cinematic milestones which prompted these events and the age of the freewheeling film artistry that ensued, despite attempts at censorship issuing from the highest political level. Shedding light on the release of The Pawnbroker and director Sidney Lumet's historic confrontation with the Legion, the program showcases the forging of the Motion Picture Association of America's rating system and the eventual association of the "X" classification with pornography. The impact of AIDS, the struggle against child pornography, and the creation of the NC-17 rating are also illuminated.
Note : PerformerDics 4. Participants: Sidney Lumet, Jack Valenenti, Roger Vadim, Jane Fonda, Russ Meyer, Stanley Kubrick, Linda Lovelace.
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