FILM CENSORSHIP
LIBERAL, flexible film censorship involving a minimum of restriction on the rights of filmgoers as a whole, such as we have in New Zealand, can only operate successfully if parents,
teachers and all those with any control over children are prepared to take a heavy share of responsibility, says the New Zealand Film Censor, Gordon Mirams. To help filmgoers to understand recent changes in film censorship Mr. Mirams has
written four talks which are being heard from YA stations, 3YZ and 4YZ at 1.30 p.m. on Sundays, starting this Sunday (February 10). Apart from films with a restricted certificate, he points out, the censor’s job nowadays consists to a large extent of giving guidance to all prepared to accept it. Among other aspects of censorship, Mr. Mirams discusses the cutting of films and says that one of the purposes of certificates other than G. is to avoid or reduce the need for cutting which might detract from the entertainment value which a film would have for adults.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 913, 8 February 1957, Page 15
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169FILM CENSORSHIP New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 913, 8 February 1957, Page 15
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