Film and freedom : movie censorship in the Philippines / Guillermo C. De Vega

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Place of publication not identifed] : [publisher not identified], c1975Description: xi, 287 pages ; 23 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN 1995.9.C59 .D49 1975
Contents:
Part I -- Film censorship in the Philippines (a historical perspective) -- Film ways : contemporary -- Legal thoughts on censorship -- Part II -- A viewpoint on pornography - The Object of censorship in a democratic society -- The Age-old issues in censorship -- Toward the day of self-censorship -- The Work or art of censorship -- Note on the end to censorship -- Part III -- Four fil reviews -- Part IV Censorship laws, BSMP rules and regulations, circular -- Movie censors from 1930 to 197 -- Film personalities -- Film producers, exchanges, laboratories -- Moviehouses in the Philippines -- Court decisions (applying R.A. 3060)
Summary: Censorship is, at best, an ironic task, for it involves both intellect and emotion, both heart and mind in arriving at a certain decision. Such a decision is never without a critic. Even perilous becomes the job when no pre-established standards, apart from the general criteria promulgated years ago by the office, and the vague jurisprudence in few test cases, exist as guidelines for precise judgement.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Filipiniana Special Collection FIL PN 1995.9.C59 .D49 1975 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000020137

Includes index.

Part I -- Film censorship in the Philippines (a historical perspective) -- Film ways : contemporary -- Legal thoughts on censorship -- Part II -- A viewpoint on pornography - The Object of censorship in a democratic society -- The Age-old issues in censorship -- Toward the day of self-censorship -- The Work or art of censorship -- Note on the end to censorship -- Part III -- Four fil reviews -- Part IV Censorship laws, BSMP rules and regulations, circular -- Movie censors from 1930 to 197 -- Film personalities -- Film producers, exchanges, laboratories -- Moviehouses in the Philippines -- Court decisions (applying R.A. 3060)

Censorship is, at best, an ironic task, for it involves both intellect and emotion, both heart and mind in arriving at a certain decision. Such a decision is never without a critic. Even perilous becomes the job when no pre-established standards, apart from the general criteria promulgated years ago by the office, and the vague jurisprudence in few test cases, exist as guidelines for precise judgement.

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