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This text examines 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.

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Censorship and Screen Violence before 1930
2. Cruelty, Sadism, and the Horror Film
3. Elaborating Gun Violence
4. Throwing the Extra Punch
5. The Poetics of Screen Violence
6. After the Deluge
Appendix A: Primary Sample of Films
Appendix B: The Production Code
Appendix C: Special Regulations on Crime in Motion Pictures (1938)
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Classical Film Violence Designing and Regulating

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      Publisher: Rutgers University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/2003
      ISBN13: 9780813532813, 978-0813532813
      ISBN10: 0813532817

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text examines 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.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction
      1. Censorship and Screen Violence before 1930
      2. Cruelty, Sadism, and the Horror Film
      3. Elaborating Gun Violence
      4. Throwing the Extra Punch
      5. The Poetics of Screen Violence
      6. After the Deluge
      Appendix A: Primary Sample of Films
      Appendix B: The Production Code
      Appendix C: Special Regulations on Crime in Motion Pictures (1938)
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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