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Filthy-minded historian, Aoife Bhreatnach, explores books from the 'censored in Ireland' list. From great literature, mediocre reads, sex manuals, true crime, and pulp fiction to memoirs of gay life, thousands of books were censored in Ireland. Were those 'bad books' indecent or obscene? Join Aoife as she reads like a smut-obsessed censor, looking for the rude bits in all kinds..
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6d ago
In Sam Peckinpah’s film, standard Western tropes – outlaws, heroes, beautiful landscape – are used to interrogate an exhausted genre. He knows spectacular gunfights are problematic but did the cut version shown in Ireland convey Peckinpah’s intent?
The Wild Bunch, dir Sam Peckinpah, starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine
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2w ago
One of Martin Scorsese’s favourite films and guess what? We agree, it’s brilliant. Contemporary audiences detested it, preferring to ignore why they derived pleasure from realistic, filmed torture and terror. This film has everything from Freudianism to a Hitchcock doppelganger. Cuts made by censors might be lost forever but it still shocks and gives us a perfect amount of ick.
Peeping Tom (1960) dir. Michael Powell, starring Karlheinz Boehm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer
Psycho (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock, starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh.
The Red Shoes (1948) dir. Powell and Pres ..read more
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1M ago
A horror fan (Lloyd Meadhbh) and not-a-horror fan (Aoife) agree that this unexpectedly feminist film did not deserve to be banned twice in Ireland. Caveat: Roman Polanski directed it.
Rosemary’s Baby (dir. Roman Polanski) starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes
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2M ago
What’s the worst celluloid crime committed in The Evil Dead: excessive violence or Bruce Campbell’s fringe? Lloyd Meadhbh (a fan) tries to persuade Aoife (a sceptic) to embrace this video-nasty classic. Also, listener correspondence on The Rocky Road to Dublin.
The Evil Dead (dir. Sam Rami, 1981) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083907/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6_tt_8_nm_0_q_evil%2520dead
Evil Dead II (dir. Sam Rami, 1987) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092991/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_7_tt_8_nm_0_q_evil%2520dead%2520
Weird Studies Podcast on ‘Evil Dead II’ https://www.weirdstudies.com/136
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2M ago
Lloyd Meadhbh rewinds the tape back to the 1980s, when a new film medium caused a new (ish) moral panic.
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3M ago
How revolutionary was Ireland anyway? Journalist and director Peter Lennon asked how a nation birthed by rebels seemed to be run by Catholic priests. His caustic script allied to Raoul Coutard's captivating cinematography made for a unique documentary. We discuss odd accents, cheeky children and creepy priests.
The Rocky Road to Dublin (1967, re-released by IFI in 2004) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66JpC_T3wFM
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4M ago
Did you know DIY censorship was practiced by those outside the film censor’s office. Even after official censors vetted publicity material, some film posters showed too much skin, especially male arms and legs.
Liam O’Leary collected this material
Kevin Rockett Irish Film Censorship: a cultural journey from silent cinema to internet pornography (2004)
Doctored film posters can be seen here
Original, undoctored film posters:
The Virgin Soldiers (1969) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065182/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Hustler (1961) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054997/?ref_=n ..read more
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5M ago
Ken Russell's The Devils is definitely a film for us. Satanism, orgies, exorcisms - what's not to love? And it's a complicated censorship story of different cuts for different censors.
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5M ago
Banned, appealed, cut eleven times: The Graduate (1967) had a torrid time in Ireland. What narrative were Irish audiences allowed to see? And, Mrs Robinson, we stan.
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6M ago
A film beloved by our hosts that proved too much for the Irish censor. Was it Liza Minnelli's (as Sally Bowles) legs or men fancying other men? The answer is quite surprising. But then, so is writing a musical about genocide.
Cabaret (dir. Bob Fosse, 1972)
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