LEADER 02734nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910454942103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-56614-8 010 $a9786612566141 010 $a1-56720-724-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000821127 035 $a(EBL)495172 035 $a(OCoLC)648757369 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000358352 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358352 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10376907 035 $a(PQKB)10146577 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC495172 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL495172 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271344 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL256614 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000821127 100 $a20071031d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aControversial cinema$b[electronic resource] $ethe films that outraged America /$fKendall R. Phillips 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cPraeger$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-275-99464-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-189) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Censorship, Culture, and Controversy; Chapter 2: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality: Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs; Chapter 3: Violence and Crime: Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers; Chapter 4: Race and Ethnicity: Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing; Chapter 5: Religion: Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index 330 $aAt the heart of any history of controversial films is a strange paradox: while films, especially popular and mainstream films, are often portrayed as meaningless products of popular culture, those popular films involved in public controversies become the focal point of enormous cultural energy, political attention, and profoundly conflicting sets of principles. The ongoing culture wars continue to shape the American political landscape, and controversial films continue to be a major point of conflict. Controversial Cinema: The Films that Outraged America traces the history of controversial fil 606 $aSensationalism in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$xCensorship$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSensationalism in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xCensorship 676 $a791.43/653 700 $aPhillips$b Kendall R$0848074 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454942103321 996 $aControversial cinema$92447876 997 $aUNINA