Film Over The Eyes
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[On the whole, there was little to complain of in respect to the standard of the pictures examined during the year,"’ says the report on film censorship included in the annual report of the Department of Internal Affairs. .. . The report adds that during the year 1488 films of all classes, totalling 3,720,500 feet, were. examined. Of this number 102 were ssed subject to excisions, etc., ete.-News Item.] 7 ARSE Million Feet of Film, and MoreIt sounds a Lot, but 2 suppose The Figure’s not remarkable, As annual Film Consumption goes; And every Inch (I’m not denying) Diverting-even edifying. Bret What impresses me is just That Every Feature, great or small, Has passed some patient ScrutineerThe Censor has surveyed them All, From Those designed to shock or stun To Mr. Disney’s harmless Fun. t dee, Censor suffers for our Sakes. His Soul in daily Peril, he Must risk Exposure to the Bits Unsuitable for you and me. Skilled moral Surgery his Art, Excising each offending Part, Y Ste -) Million Feet unrolled before Those tired but still censorious Eyes Which cannot choose but look, those ars Experienced beyond Surprise! 1 wonder, does he find Enjoyment In his peculiar Employment? je Million Feet-a jungle Trek Of roughly Seven Hundred Miles, A Jungle crammed with human Apes And all-too-human Crocodiles. I’m glad I’m not the Censor, who Must see them All, and see them through!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 271, 1 September 1944, Page 22
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237Film Over The Eyes New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 271, 1 September 1944, Page 22
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