| Titre | Le code Hays. L'autocensure du cinéma américain | |
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| Auteur | Francis Bordat | |
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Revue |
20 & 21. Revue d'histoire Titre à cette date : Vingtième siècle, revue d'histoire |
| Numéro | no 15, juillet-septembre 1987 | |
| Page | 3-16 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The Hays code. Self censorship in American cinema, Francis Bordat.
Any student of the American cinema of the 1930s instantly recognizes the difference between a pre- and post- 1934 film. From that year until 1952, films had to comply with very strict self-censorship rules. The author has studied the beginnings of the Hays code, its backgrounds — pressures and censorship — and its legal context. He shows both how the rules were applied and how they fell apart in the 15 years that followed. This post mortem leads to the conclusion that although the Hays code was an undeniable attack on freedom of speed it was also a compromise which probably saved what was essential, by making it possible to reject censorship of a far more threatening nature for freedom of expression and creation. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/xxs_0294-1759_1987_num_15_1_1879 |
