Super Comp - Behind The Scenes At The BBFC - 12 Nov 2012 - FINISHED

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

Hello everyone,

We've got a great competition here that you are bound to love. This incredible book all about the goings on behind the BBFC could be yours. We've got three to give away. Take a look below for all the competition details...

Behind the Scenes at the BBFC



Film Classification from the Silver Screen to the Digital Age

‘More than any other branch of the film industry, censorship […] will always be distinctly of its time, and it is for precisely this reason that we can learn much about the movies – their production, their distribution, and their audiences – from the study of their regulation.’ - Mark Kermode, from his foreword

Established by the film industry in 1912 as the nation's only official and independent classifier of the moving image, the British Board of Film Classification (originally the British Board of Film Censors) has long been a source of fascination – and sometimes a bone of contention – for filmgoers, film-makers and industry figures. Behind the Scenes at the BBFC, published in the BBFC's centenary year, traces the fascinating history of film classification, censorship and controversy in Britain, and marks an unparalleled collaboration between the BBFC and leading film critics, historians and cultural commentators.


These writers, given unprecedented access to the BBFC's archives, chart the organisation's history alongside the cultural, social and political forces that have helped shape it. Together they explore shifting public attitudes towards cinema's portrayal of sex and drugs, horror and violence; the different perspectives of the BBFC's successive leaders; the impact of controversial decisions, and the ever-changing nature of moving image distribution and exhibition

The book also features unique case studies, written by BBFC staff, focusing on significant films that have provoked debate and controversy both within the BBFC and more widely – Battleship Potemkin, The Snake Pit, A Clockwork Orange, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and many more.


Behind the Scenes at the BBFC: Film Classification from the Silver Screen to the Digital Age gives an entertaining and invaluable insight into changing attitudes to what counts as offensive, shocking or harmful over the last century, and shows how the work of the BBFC shapes what we see on screen.

Editors and contributors:

Editor: Edward Lamberti is Information Services Manager at the BBFC and a PhD candidate in the Film Studies department at King's College London.

Associate Editors: Jason Green, David Hyman, Craig Lapper and Karen Myers.

Foreword by Mark Kermode.


Contributors: Sian Barber, Simon Brown, John Carr OBE, Steve Chibnall, David Cooke, Robin Duval CBE, Tracy Hargreaves, Geoffrey Hawthorn, Robert James, Gerard Lemos, Aidan McDowell, Caitlin O'Brien, Guy Osborn, Murray Perkins, Julian Petley, Ann Phoenix, Stephen Sedley, Stevie Simkin, Alex Sinclair, Quentin Thomas.

About BFI Publishing

BFI Publishing is the book publishing imprint of the BFI, the UK’s lead film organisation. Since 2008, BFI Publishing titles have been published in partnership with Palgrave Macmillan.




Edited by Edward Lamberti
To be published 23rd November 2012
Priced £16.99


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To win....

Simply take a look at the below picture. It's made up of 10 clues of 10 films that have proven to be important titles in the history of UK Film censorship. All you have to do is figure out the 10 titles and then PM (Private Message) me your answer. It's that simple!



The three to get the most correct will each win a copy of this book. If there's a draw, the names will be put into a random draw. Competition ends on Sunday 25th November.

Nice and easy. So get entering!

Good luck,

Kyle

[fuzzymctiger]

Stuck on the last 2. Very clever though

[fuzzymctiger]

Also, is this the comp for the week, or a side comp?

[Wes]

Got 'em !

[PaulD]

My brain must have died; I'm really struggling with 5 of these

[trouserpress]

Wow. I'm stuck on that mascara one, even though it's probably really obvious!

[Roughale]

I struggle at too many of these, maybe I am in disadvantage here as I am not sure about some titles, but the ones I got, really made me laugh and then there are two that need no guessing or brain cells

[unrealbe]

Some clever ones

I'm stuck on the watering can and the statue of liberty one. Am I missing the obvious?

[trouserpress]

Originally Posted by unrealbe

Some clever ones

I'm stuck on the watering can and the statue of liberty one. Am I missing the obvious?

Possibly! I think I am too on the mascara one.

[Rik]

Got them all, 9 of which I'm 100% certain of