James Ferman; To come.(film censor)(Obituary)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: January 4, 2003 | Copyright information

James Alan Ferman, film censor, died on December 24th, aged 72

CRITICS of James Ferman's job said that Britain had no need for a film censor. People should be free to see whatever they fancied. Perhaps. But what of a film such as "Salo"? It is a version of the Marquis de Sade's "The 120 Days of Sodom", set in the small town of Salo in northern Italy in the final months of the second world war. Salo was the last place in Italy where Mussolini held power, which he exercised over its inhabitants with great ferocity. In the film four aristocrats who have prospered under fascism ...

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