{"product_id":"obscene-indecent-immoral-offensive-100-years-of-censored-banned-and-controversial-films-9780879103590","title":"Obscene, Indecent, Immoral \u0026 Offensive: 100+ Years of Censored, Banned and Controversial Films","description":"This entertaining and insightful book is the first devoted exclusively to the films that have earned a special place in motion picture history by pushing the \"cinematic envelope\" with their treatment of provocative subjects and themes. \u003ci\u003eObscene, Indecent, Immoral \u0026amp; Offensive: 100+ Years of Controversial Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the history of Hollywood censorship and the films that were banned, censored, and condemned by the Production Code Administration and the Legion of Decency. Stephen Tropiano offers readers insightful and accessible analysis of films that were branded \"controversial\" at the time of their release due to explicit language, nudity, graphic sex, violence, and their treatment of \"adult\" subject matter and themes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe films profiled include \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of a Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBaby Doll\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlackboard Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Bunch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNatural Born Killers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCaligula\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRosemary's Baby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife of Brian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Temptation of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Passion of the Christ\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Tropiano\u003c\/b\u003e (Los Angeles, CA) is the author of \u003ci\u003eRebels \u0026amp; Chicks: A History of the Hollywood Teen Movie\u003c\/i\u003e (978-0-8230-9701-2) and \u003ci\u003eThe Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV\u003c\/i\u003e (Applause.) He is currently the editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Film and Video\u003c\/i\u003e, the oldest film journal in the United States. He is also the founding director of the Ithaca College Los Angeles Program, where he teaches courses on film and television history, theory, and criticism.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Limelight","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503996309778,"sku":"9780879103590","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_08795d24-6579-4032-9a8b-0065bd83c4cc.jpg?v=1730807831","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/obscene-indecent-immoral-offensive-100-years-of-censored-banned-and-controversial-films-9780879103590","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}