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The 44 pages that link to Censorship of film, each with the reason it gives.

• Cannes Film FestivalRelated: Cannes selections and screenings have repeatedly encountered censorship disputes.

• Film distributionRelated: Regulatory restrictions can determine whether and in what form a film reaches a market.

• Film preservationRelated: Censorship can leave archives with altered versions and gaps in the historical record.

• Action filmRelated: Depictions of violence in action films have repeatedly prompted rating rules and censorship disputes.

• Prior restraintRelated: Film licensing can require approval before screening, making it a recurring setting for prior-restraint disputes.

• Stanley KubrickRelated: The UK release history of A Clockwork Orange became tied to controversy over its violence and Kubrick’s withdrawal of the film.

• Film directingRelated: Censorship can force directors to revise images, stories, or performances.

• NickelodeonRelated: Concerns about nickelodeon films and venues fed early campaigns to regulate movie exhibition.

• Early cinemaRelated: Growing audiences and public concern brought early cinema under increased scrutiny and regulation.

• Political cinemaRelated: Political filmmaking often confronts restrictions imposed by the power it depicts.

• Motion pictureRelated: Motion pictures prompted disputes over public morals, political expression, and control of images.

• Pornographic filmRelated: Censorship has shaped what explicit films could show and where they could be exhibited.

• StripteaseRelated: Screen portrayals of striptease have been shaped by limits on nudity and sexual content.

• Berlin International Film FestivalRelated: Festival programming can raise questions about which films are permitted or excluded.

• Movie theaterRelated: Theaters have been sites where rules about public film exhibition are enforced.

• TalkiesRelated: Recorded dialogue made spoken language and its regulation more prominent in cinema.

• Film exhibitionRelated: Rules governing public screenings can determine which films audiences may see.

• Postcolonial cinemaRelated: Censorship can limit films that challenge official national or colonial histories.

• Propaganda filmRelated: Propaganda production often operates alongside censorship that suppresses competing representations.

• Blue VelvetRelated: Blue Velvet’s sexual violence provoked disputes over what cinematic representation should permit.

• Film industryRelated: Censorship has shaped what productions could show and where films could be released.

• Sam PeckinpahRelated: The graphic violence of The Wild Bunch tested contemporary limits on what mainstream films could show.

• Un Chien AndalouRelated: Its provocative imagery drew censorship and controversy after its release.

• Adult filmRelated: Censorship laws determine which adult films may be produced, shown, or sold.

• Do the Right ThingRelated: The film’s language and racial violence raised questions about whether it might provoke unrest.

• History of filmRelated: Control over exhibition and content has repeatedly shaped what cinema could show.

• The Piano TeacherRelated: The film’s sexual violence and explicit material prompted restrictive ratings in some countries.

• William FriedkinRelated: The Exorcist and Cruising provoked debate over the limits of onscreen violence and sexuality.

• FilmmakingRelated: Rules and pressure can change what filmmakers depict and what audiences see.

• Roger VadimRelated: Sexual themes in Vadim’s films drew attention to shifting limits on what cinema could show.

• Souleymane CisséRelated: His early career unfolded under political authorities that could restrict filmmakers and their work.

• The Tin DrumRelated: The film’s sexual content and depiction of a child led to a legal obscenity dispute in the United States.

• Softcore pornographyRelated: Censorship rules have often shaped which sexual images films could show.

• Graphic violenceRelated: Graphic scenes have prompted cuts, bans, and classification disputes across film history.

• SinnersRelated: The film's mature horror content places it within debates about ratings and audience access.