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Obscenity controversies in film

  • Slasher filmA killer stalking a group of people with a bladed tool defines the core of this horror subgenre. Film analysts distinguish these movies from monster films or…
  • A Clockwork Orange (film)Anthony Burgess sold the film rights to his 1962 novel for a modest sum shortly after its publication. The project initially targeted the rock band the…
  • Taxi DriverPaul Schrader wrote the screenplay for Taxi Driver in under a fortnight during 1974. He had spent weeks living in his car after a divorce and a breakup with…
  • Betty BoopBetty Boop made her first appearance in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes, released on the 9th of August 1930. She began as an anthropomorphic French poodle with…