The -not strictly necessary, but still very welcome- sequel to Jake West's 2010 Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship and Videotape. This one's a bit more detailed than the first film's overview, with in- depth interviews with some of the people who were arrested for possessing, copying and sometimes dealing the films on the banned list. As well as some of the people responsible for making the films included on the banned list and organising the festivals where they were screened.
For Brit film fans of a certain type and age, there's some nostalgia gold in this.
Thank golly we would never again have to suffer under a Tory government who would try and impose their morally superior control over the media us delicate plebeian ingrates can enjoy. All that dangerous, unregulated 'esoteric content' is out there for us to enjoy, unfiltered and free to view anonymously without anyone monitoring our choices.
Eh? What's that now? Oh.
So, yeah, buy a copy, it's cracking good stuff.
For Brit film fans of a certain type and age, there's some nostalgia gold in this.
Thank golly we would never again have to suffer under a Tory government who would try and impose their morally superior control over the media us delicate plebeian ingrates can enjoy. All that dangerous, unregulated 'esoteric content' is out there for us to enjoy, unfiltered and free to view anonymously without anyone monitoring our choices.
Eh? What's that now? Oh.
So, yeah, buy a copy, it's cracking good stuff.
