The Crash Controversy

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The Crash Controversy is written by Martin Barker and published by Wallflower Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1903364159 (ISBN 10) and 9781903364154 (ISBN 13).

Between 1996-97 an almost unprecedented campaign was mounted in the British press against on one film: David Cronenberg's Crash. What motivated this campaign? What can it tell us about British film culture? What impact did the campaign have on general audiences? This book, which draws on a year-long investigation supported by the Economic and Social Research Council, offers a series of important and challenging findings and is a major contribution to our understanding of censorship campaigns, how audiences respond to films, and the strategies employed in engaging with such texts.