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- Title
Censorship: Representations of Justice in James M. Cain Adaptations.
- Authors
Newman, Dillan
- Abstract
The article discusses the adaptations and representations of censorship, justice, and the use of the Hays Code in the film "Double Indemnity." Topics include the effect of the cost-effectiveness of Joseph Breen, an American film censor, in the moral rigidity of the film, the representations of corruption, suicide and death in the film, and the romanticization of death.
- Subjects
MOTION picture censorship; DOUBLE Indemnity (Film : 1944); HAYS Code (Motion pictures); JUSTICE in motion pictures; BREEN, Joseph; CORRUPTION in motion pictures; SUICIDE in motion pictures; DEATH in motion pictures
- Publication
Film Matters, 2015, Vol 6, Issue 3, p28
- ISSN
2042-1869
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/fm.6.3.28_1