Event Date and Time:
September 23, 2009 – September 23, 2009
Location:
Department of Cinema Studies, Michelson Theatre
Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway, Room 648
Guest Speaker
Tony Comstock – “The Intent to Arouse: A Concise History of Sex, Shame, and the Moving Image”
Wednesday September 23rd 6:15pm
In a world that seems awash in sexualized imagery, why is it that so little of this imagery speaks to the common pleasurable reality of sex? Award-winning filmmaker Tony Comstock (Real People, Real Life, Real Sex erotic documentary series) takes us into the legal and business realities that shape and too often warp the sexual imagery we see. Drawing on examples from Hollywood's history of self-censorship, landmark obscenity cases, and the collision of technology and image-making, Comstock offers an expanded framework for understanding how what we do and do not see in cinema effects our understanding of our own sexuality.
This event is free and open to the public.
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