Cut: The Unseen Cinema, by Baxter Cooper

Cut: The Unseen Cinema, by Baxter Cooper. 1975 hardcover. 111 pages, nice condition (dust jacket has wear).

The movie that we, the audience, see is not always the movie that was produced. What finally appears on screen is not always the film that the director made. In every country, at every stage of making a movie, some form of censorship enters the production. Scripts are altered because of the attitudes of governments, distributors, and other influential agencies. Some scenes cannot be shot because the stars refuse to do them. The directors’ final cuts can be savaged because of the wishes and opinions of the producer or potential buyer. This book tells the story of the whole films or parts of films that have been censored and never seen. Profusely illustrated, with nekkid cinema nudie folks from the beginning of the film industry to the progressive cinema of the 70s.