Wednesday 23 March 2011

History of BBFC: 1980s

Wider social/political/cultural issues:
  • Development of video recorder created anxiety of home viewing (no legal classification requirement)
Key films and issues they raised:
  • The Krays (Medak, 1989) passed due to known infamy of gangland characters (actions not justified) however cuts to horrific mutilation scene
  • The Evil Dead (Raimi, 1982) had 49 seconds of cut when brought in as video nasty

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