Classical Film Violence: Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1968

Classical Film Violence: Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1968

2003 | 342 | ISBN: 0813532817 , 0813532809 | PDF | 2 Mb

Stephen Prince has written the first book to examine the interplay between the aesthetics and the censorship of violence in classic Hollywood films from 1930 to 1968, the era of the Production Code, when filmmakers were required to have their scripts approved before they could start production. He explains how Hollywood s filmmakers designed violence in response to the regulations of the Production Code and regional censors. Graphic violence in today s movies actually has its roots in these early films. Hollywood s filmmakers were drawn to violent scenes and "pushed the envelope" of what they could depict by manipulating the Production Code Administration (PCA). ...