TY - BOOK AU - De Vega, Guillermo C. TI - Film and freedom: movie censorship in the Philippines AV - PN 1995.9.C59 .D49 1975 PY - 1975/// CY - [Place of publication not identifed] PB - [publisher not identified] KW - MOVING PICTURES -- PHILIPPINES N1 - Includes index; Part I -- Film censorship in the Philippines (a historical perspective) -- Film ways : contemporary -- Legal thoughts on censorship -- Part II -- A viewpoint on pornography - The Object of censorship in a democratic society -- The Age-old issues in censorship -- Toward the day of self-censorship -- The Work or art of censorship -- Note on the end to censorship -- Part III -- Four fil reviews -- Part IV Censorship laws, BSMP rules and regulations, circular -- Movie censors from 1930 to 197 -- Film personalities -- Film producers, exchanges, laboratories -- Moviehouses in the Philippines -- Court decisions (applying R.A. 3060) N2 - Censorship is, at best, an ironic task, for it involves both intellect and emotion, both heart and mind in arriving at a certain decision. Such a decision is never without a critic. Even perilous becomes the job when no pre-established standards, apart from the general criteria promulgated years ago by the office, and the vague jurisprudence in few test cases, exist as guidelines for precise judgement ER -