Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Moby Dick Read-a-Long

April 01, 2019 by Banned Library in Filler Episode

New for the library is a read-a-long series of two classic books featuring commentary! We hope you had a great day!

Paths of Glory (1957)

March 25, 2019 by Banned Library in Movie

Four men go on trial for cowardice in this Stanley Kubrick film that was not liked by anyone who thought the French Army was better than they were.

Banned

1957
- Belgium - required a foreward saying it was one case and not indicative of the French military
- France - banned for being "anti-military"
- Germany - banned due to strained relationship with France at the time
- Spain - Francisco Franco's leadership banned it for being anti-military until 1986, 11 years after Franco's death
- Switzerland - banned as "subversive propaganda directed at France" until 1978
- United States - banned in military establishments home and abroad for being "anti-war"

Sources

"Banned! Criterion's Forbidden Films". Criterion.com. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-01-20. Retrieved March 22, 2019 from https://web.archive.org/web/20140120212846/https://www.criterion.com/lists/170366-banned-criterion-s-forbidden-films

Kubrick, Stanley (dir.). Paths of Glory. Bryna Productions, 1957.

"Paths of Glory (1958) - Articles". TCM.com. 1957-09-18. Retrieved March 22, 2019 from http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/19285/Paths-of-Glory/articles.html

Robertson, Nan (15 March 1975). "French Delay Showing Films on Touchy Topics". New York Times, 1975. Retrived March 22, 1919 from https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/15/archives/french-delay-showing-films-on-touchy-topics.html

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No Escape (2015)

March 18, 2019 by Banned Library in Movie

A random white family finds themselves in the middle of an Asian coup and have to get out before they are executed.

Banned

2015 - Cambodia - "negative portrayal of local culture" caused it to be banned by the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts

Sources

Dowdle, John Erick (dir.) No Escape. Weinstein Company, 2015.

"Cambodia bans screening of Hollywood movie No Escape". Aa.com.tr. 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2018 March 17 from https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/cambodia-bans-screening-of-hollywood-movie-no-escape/9618

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Rambo (2008)

March 14, 2019 by Banned Library in Movie

Rambo is back and killing all the people in Burma to save some dumbass white people.

Banned

2008 - Myanmar (Burma) - negative depiction of the Burmese soldiers

Sources

Bell, Thomas (2008-02-18). "Banned Rambo film hot property in Burma". The Daily Telegraph. London.

Stallone, Sylvester (dir.) Rambo. Lionsgate, 2008.

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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

March 11, 2019 by Banned Library in Adult Fiction

World War I Italy has a woman, cheese, alcohol, and bombs. An American ambulance driver romances, eats, drinks, and blows up.

Banned

1929 - Massachusetts - June 1929 issue of Scribner's magazine labeled as pornography in Boston despite sex being omitted from text as a literary device
- Italy - banned for its accurate account of the Italian retreat from Caporetto
1933 - Germany - burned by the Nazi government
1939 - Ireland
1974 - Texas - Dallas Independent School District high school libraries faced challenges
1980 - New York - Challenged at the Vernon-Verona-Sherill School district as a "sex novel"
Banned in Italy by the fascist government until 1948 for above (possibly due to an interview Hemingway had with Mussolini in 1923 for the Toronto Star full of scorn, calling the Italian government "the biggest bluff in Europe.")
- In 1943, Fernanda Pivano translated the work to Italian and was arrested for the work being "anti-Italian"

Sources

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.

Hemingway, Ernest. Farewell to Arms. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1929.

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In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

February 26, 2019 by Banned Library in Movie

Our librarian learns a lot about sex and relationships in this nudity sex oh wow safe search on beautiful tragedy of a true story.

Banned

1976 - Australia - Banned for obscenity but eventually released uncut in 2000
1976 - Canada - rejected by all providence except Quebec and British Columbia, eventually getting a pass in 1991 from all providence
1976 - Belgium - Banned for sexual content. Was the last film censored in the country and the only European country to ban this film.
1987 - Israel - banned for pornography
1991 - Portugal - Was released this year to protests, but some including Archbishop Braga D Eurico Dias Nogueria "had learned more in ten minutes of the film than his entire life."

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Pretty Baby (1978)

February 12, 2019 by Banned Library in Movie

Our librarian goes back to the brothels of New Orleans Storyville for the story of a little girl learning to be a little girl despite growing up very fast.

Banned

1978 - Argentina - labeled by the Videla regime as "pornographic"

1978 - 1983 - South Africa - banned due to apartheid restrictions

1978-1995 - Ontario, Canada - banned by the film board but overturned in 1995

Sources

Malle, Louis (dir.) Pretty Baby. Paramount Pictures, 1978.

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

February 09, 2019 by Banned Library in Adult Fiction

Our librarian goes to West and East Egg to see a bunch of rich assholes try and act like humans. Mostly they all fail.

Banned

1987 - South Carolina - Challenged at the Baptist College in Charleston for "language and sexual reference in the book."

Sources

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Scribner's Sons. New York, 1925.

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Kids (1995)

January 29, 2019 by Banned Library in Movie

Our librarian talks sex, drugs, murder, and rock and roll as we follow a bunch of jerks around New York City.

Banned

1995 - South Africa - Banned for two years and only unbanned in 1997 on appeal with a no-under 16 age restriction.

Sources

Clark, Larry (dir.). Kids. Shining Excalibur Productions, 1995.

Detrick, Ben. "'Kids,' Then and Now." New York Times. 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2019 from https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/fashion/kids-20th-anniversary-chloe-sevigny-rosario-dawson.html

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High School DxD (2012)

January 25, 2019 by Banned Library in Movie

In a fight between angels, demons, and fallen angels stands one horny teenage jerk who keeps getting himself in trouble.

Banned

2014 - New Zealand - Listed as "objectionable" on the grounds that it "tends to promote and support the sexual exploitation of young persons. All of the young female characters are highly sexualised and fetishised. They are relentlessly depicted as nude or in limited sexualised clothing. Focus is made on their breasts and youthful bodies in such a way as to titillate and arouse the viewer. Their youthfulness is emphasised by the high school setting, their school uniforms and their engagement in high school activities. Episodes are separated by photo stills of the female characters sexually posing, reminiscent of adult pornographic material. The credits feature these characters performing strip tease. The scenes are constructed wholly for the sexual benefit of the viewer. The main purpose of this treatment is to reinforce the notion that young persons are sexually desirable and available. It encourages and legitimises the pursuit of young persons as viable adult sexual partners"

Sources

Office of Film and Literature Classification. "Annual Report 2014." 2014. Retrieved 2018 January 20 from https://www.classificationoffice.govt.nz/assets/PDFs/2014-OFLC-Annual-Report.pdf

Yanagisawa, Tetsuya (dir. et al). High School DxD. 2012.

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