AH Challenge: Hollywood is still governed by the Hays Code

When was Oceans 11 originally made ?

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One thing that makes a sort of sense is "when not essential to the plot" - after all, a lot of films these days put in a load of stuff to make it look racy or exciting or whiz-bang, which is not essential to the plot. If there was more focus on the plot, not the spice or the effects, it would not be a bad thing

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Grey Wolf
 
Why do you think there'll be no Life of Brian? It's a British film. Americans might not be able to (legally) watch it, but the rest of the world will do just fine, ta.

That's kinda what I meant. In that TL it would not be fun to be an American film lover.

I suspect in this TL Britain (and probably Europe in general) would have a much larger film industry, actually, in order to fill the genre gap outside of the US. We'd see a much less Hollywood-centric world.

Indeed. That plus Bollywood plus Hong Kong cinema plus Japan means a much much less Hollywood-centric world.
 
That's a matter of personal taste. I don't think myself that the cinematic wolrd will be left so much poorer for at least some of those films being taken out. It's not so much a matter of restrictions being bad- as Thande I think argued somewhere in relation to early BBC codes of conduct, true inventiveness is better derived from working within the restrictions than outside of them, as it makes you think.

I might also add my own personal tastes- that some of those films are largely a load of rubbish and have made cinema all the poorer for their being shown- removing them would be a benefit.

I certainly sympathize with what you are saying with regards to some of what I listed there (i.e., American Pie); I just tend to feel that the losses outweigh the gains when it comes to something as stringent as the Hayes Code. Of course, YMMV. :)
 
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