Obscene - A Portrait of Barney Rosset

Obscene - A Portrait of Barney Rosset (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Daniel O'Connor
Neil Ortenberg

Actors:
Amiri Baraka ..... Himself
Lenny Bruce ..... Himself (archive footage)
William S. Burroughs ..... Himself (archive footage)
Jim Carroll ..... Himself
Al Goldstein ..... Himself
Erica Jong ..... Herself
Ray Manzarek ..... Himself
Barney Rosset ..... Himself
John Sayles ..... Himself
Gore Vidal ..... Himself
John Waters

Synopsis:

The definitive film biography of Barney Rosset, influential publisher of Grove Press and the Evergreen Review who embarked on a tumultuous career of publishing and political engagement that continues to inspire today's defenders of free expression. Ultimately he won altering the course of history, but not without first enduring lawsuits, death-threats, grenade attacks, government surveillance, & the occupation of his premises by enraged feminists.

Without Barney Rosset, the pioneering founder of Grove Press and The Evergreen Review, you might never have been able to hide that copy of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' from your parents or plaster that ubiquitous poster of Che Guevara on your dorm-room wall. And while those might not seem like the most critical rites of passage, they're the result of nothing less than a cultural earthquake. 'Obscene' is the story of that seismic shift, viewed primarily through the gimlet eyes of its instigator.

Barney Rosset--one of the great unsung heroes in post-war America's battle for free expression. As publisher of Grove Press and the Evergreen Review, he challenged the obscenity bans against 'Lady Chatterley's Lover,' 'Tropic of Cancer,' 'Naked Lunch' and many more controversial works. His literary and political instincts led him to publish everything from Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' to 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X.' But his passion was not limited to literature. His love of the medium of film lead to him to produce 'Strange Victory,' a 1948 documentary about post-war racism. Later in his life, he went so far as to battle censors in the Supreme Court to distribute the risque 1967 Swedish film 'I Am Curious.'

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 08 April, 2009.

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