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Title Obscene [videorecording] : a portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press / a film by Neil Ortenberg & Daniel O'Connor; Arthouse Films, Curiously Bright Entertainment and Double O Film Productions presents.

Imprint New York : Distributed by New Video, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  303.376 R735Bo 2008    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Series Arthouse films ; 011
Arthouse films ; 011.
System Details DVD; Dolby digital ; NTSC ; 4:3 aspect ratio.
Note "WARNING -- This movie contains nudity & strong language. It may not be appropriate for children"--Container.
Performer Barney Rosset, John Waters, Gore Vidal, Ray Manzarek, Erica Jong, John Sayles, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, John Rechy, Michael McClure.
Credits Producers, Tanya Ager Meillier, Alexander Meillier ; director of photography, Alexander Meillier ; editor, Tanya Ager Meillier.
Summary Chronicles the life and work of Barney Rosset, the influential head of Grove Press and the Evergreen Review, who published such groundbreaking works of fiction as Lady Chatterley's Lover, Naked Lunch, and Tropic of Cancer, while fighting the U.S. government's obscenity laws along the way.
Note Special features: Barney Rosset extended interview ; theatrical trailer.
Subject Rosset, Barney.
Censorship.
Obscenity (Law)
Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Subject DVDs.
Added Author Ortenberg, Neil.
O'Connor, Daniel.
Double O Films.
New Video Group.
Arthouse Films.
ISBN 1422978338
9781422978337
Standard No. 767685214787
Music No. NNVG214780 New Video

 
    
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