With detailed reference to at least two films discuss the relevant issues and the possible effects on audiences.

... Helen Leach With detailed reference to at least two films discuss the relevant issues and the possible effects on audiences. Film, being a very powerful medium, often raises strong issues about the possible effects movies may have on an audience. What the BBFC and the public worry most about in a film is the content of bad language, sex and most important in Britain, screen violence. It is the latter which often causes the most uproar in Britain, as media inspired moral panics often cause film directors to be made the scapegoats for society's violence. However, many of the films slated by film critics for being to violent have now become some of Britain's biggest cult classics, such as 'Pulp Fiction' and 'A Clockwork Orange'. Released in '72, 'A Clockwork Orange' caused lots of controversy among the general public. It was feared and reported that the film could have, and had caused

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