Hidden Cinema

<p>How does film censorship work in Britain? Jim Robertson's new paperback edition of <em>The Hidden Cinema</em> argues that censorship has had a far greater influence on British film history than is often apparent creating the `hidden cinema' of the title. Robertson charts the role of the British Board of Film Censors established in 1913 and the histories of a variety of noteworthy films including <em>Battleship Potemkin</em> and <em>No Orchids for Miss Blandish</em> and revealing how censorship continues to exert a marked influence on many important films - like the controversial <em>A Clockwork Orange</em> - some of which have now vanished from British screens altogether. This edition includes a brand new section on Bernardo Bertolucci's <em>Last Tango in Paris</em> immediately engulfed in censorship wrangles on its release in 1972.</p>