The ratings of the Chilean Film Censorship Board in 1960-1973. A study on the changing film reception

Authors

  • Jorge Iturriaga Echeverría Universidad de Chile, Chile
  • Francisca Torres-Cortés London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2020.vi21.10021

Keywords:

Cinema, censorship, censorship board, film ratings, history of cinema, Chile

Abstract

The goal of this text is to quantitatively describe the work of the Chilean Film Censorship Board between 1960 and 1973 (period framed by the validity of Decree n°37 of 1959), based on the information of more than six thousand film rating documents. It is argued that the classification of films by the Board focused on the exclusion of minors, rather than total banning of contents. However, there was a wide variation in the ratings based on factors such as government period, distributors, cinematographic topics and members of the Board, which indicates that the CCC did not display a homogeneous and immutable work during the analyzed period.

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Author Biographies

  • Jorge Iturriaga Echeverría, Universidad de Chile, Chile

    Jorge Andre?s Iturriaga Echeverri?a has a Ph.D in History from P. Universidad Cato?lica de Chile and is currently Assistant Professor in Instituto de la Comunicacio?n e Imagen at Universidad de Chile. His research focuses on cinema and media history, especially in regard to social reception. In 2015 he published the book La masificacio?n del cine en Chile 1907-1932. La conflictiva construccio?n de una cultura plebeya (LOM Ediciones). He leads the research Project “Film censorship in Chile 1960-2000” (Fondecyt Iniciacio?n n°11170598 and U-Inicia, Vicerrectori?a de Investigacio?n U. de Chile, n°007/17).

  • Francisca Torres-Cortés, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    Francisca Torres-Corte?s (f.j.torres@lse.ac.uk) holds an MSc in Social Research Methods from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and is a Licentiate in Sociology from Universidad de Chile. Currently, she works as Research Analyst at LSE Consulting (London, United Kingdom) enabling the delivery of consulting projects. She specialises in the analysis of quantitative data and the application of mixed methods in diverse research areas. She has collaborated with different institutes in Chilean universities and the Department of Gender Studies at LSE.

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Published

2020-07-25

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How to Cite

The ratings of the Chilean Film Censorship Board in 1960-1973. A study on the changing film reception. (2020). Fotocinema. Revista científica De Cine Y fotografía, 21, 429-458. https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2020.vi21.10021