Films Banned In America

[1911Sooner]

Surprised Song of the South was not on there. That is a great movie that should of never been banned.

 

[TulsaBandit]

I thought Sweet Sweetback's Badasssssss Song would have made that list, though it may not have been officially banned I suppose.

 

[SlammerG_89]

I've seen 6, 8, 13, 17, 18. I too am surprised that Faces of Death was not on here as its claim to fame is being the most banned films of all time. Birth of a Nation and Within our Gates have some text in them that you couldn't get away with saying now on tv. Kinda of surprising. I remember having to watch them in college to write a paper and I couldn't believe what they got away with. The life of Brian, Scarface and The Last Temptation of Christ are all good movies.

 

[henschman]

I thought it was just Muslims who got all up in arms and initiated force over movies they don't like. WTF? Do you think maybe the problem could just be religious folks in general who think that it is OK to use force and violence (private or governmental) to impose their religious views on others?

 

[Seedy]

I thought it was just Muslims who got all up in arms and initiated force over movies they don't like. WTF? Do you think maybe the problem could just be religious folks in general who think that it is OK to use force and violence (private or governmental) to impose their religious views on others?

Nice point. However im pretty sure you just "pulled the pin" on this thread.

 

[3inSlugger]

I thought it was just Muslims who got all up in arms and initiated force over movies they don't like. WTF? Do you think maybe the problem could just be religious folks in general who think that it is OK to use force and violence (private or governmental) to impose their religious views on others?

Don't upset the status quo. Don't keep saying stuff that makes sense

 

[Werewolf]

Jane Russell, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn....yum yum. Old-timey actresses were HAWT!

Interesting list...surprised to not see Faces of Death.

Really?

You shouldn't be. Sex is bad, bad bad in the USA. Even the depiction of two people obviously in love and enjoying an act that creates new life is bad, bad bad if shown. On the other hand violence, killing etc are just peachy keen.

As much as I love my country I have always found the above to be a quite odd circumstance that often causes me to wonder how that odd state of affairs came to be and why in these times it is still extant.

 

[Jujen Kai]

Really?

You shouldn't be. Sex is bad, bad bad in the USA. Even the depiction of two people obviously in love and enjoying an act that creates new life is bad, bad bad if shown. On the other hand violence, killing etc are just peachy keen.

As much as I love my country I have always found the above to be a quite odd circumstance that often causes me to wonder how that odd state of affairs came to be and why in these times it is still extant.

This is why this board needs one of those "Like" buttons...

 

[DaveG]

From what I can remember, Life of Brian is the only one I have seen.

 

[Hobbes]

The movie on that list that I would most like to see is #3, The Profit.

The trailer there looks pretty good.