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A whole country hated this movie that Hard Rock Cafe strangely supported, a movie about spies fighting for drug use.
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When a painter gets involved with some criminals, things take a super dark turn in this gritty noir.
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A movie so funny they banned it in Norway, we're covering the life story of a man who got super killed.
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There's a crazy madman running around San Francisco, and he's chasing a serial killer.
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For Banned Books Week 2019, we revisit a story of a deranged relationship born from the world of fanfiction and now a multimillion dollar movie.
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Paths of Glory (1957)
Four men go on trial for cowardice in this Stanley Kubrick film that was not liked by anyone who thought the French Army was better than they were.
Banned
1957
Belgium - required a foreward saying it was one case and not indicative of the French military
France - banned for being "anti-military"
Germany - banned due to strained relationship with France at the time
Spain - Francisco Franco's leadership banned it for being anti-military until 1986, 11 years after Franco's death
Switzerland - banned as "subversive propaganda directed at France" until 1978
United States - banned in military establishments home and abroad for being "anti-war"
Sources
"Banned! Criterion's Forbidden Films". Criterion.com. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-01-20. Retrieved March 22, 2019 from https://web.archive.org/web/20140120212846/https://www.criterion.com/lists/170366-banned-criterion-s-forbidden-films
Kubrick, Stanley (dir.). Paths of Glory. Bryna Productions, 1957.
"Paths of Glory (1958) - Articles". TCM.com. 1957-09-18. Retrieved March 22, 2019 from http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/19285/Paths-of-Glory/articles.html
Robertson, Nan (15 March 1975). "French Delay Showing Films on Touchy Topics". New York Times, 1975. Retrived March 22, 1919 from https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/15/archives/french-delay-showing-films-on-touchy-topics.html
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