The U.S. government doesn't censor anything. First Amendment, remember?
shareLol! that's freaking funny.
shareThat's why you can read all the stuff labeled "top secret", douche.
"Without mercy, a man is not a human being." Sansho the Bailiff, 1954
I thought 'The Killing of America' was banned in the US or is just that it has never been released?
shareThis was banned by the US government?
Yes and no. Subliminal advertising was banned as of 1961, so Psycho-Rama (the subliminal process used in conjunction with the film in theaters) bit the dust (though I believe that happened after the movie's initial run). However, the movie itself was not banned. It used to show up on "Creature Features" on WNEW-TV in NY during the Seventies.
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The version that ran on Creature Features in the 1970s was missing all the "Psychorama" subliminal inserts -- which were superfluous gimmicks anyway. The story is basically a mystery without any supernatural elements, at least outside the mind of the heroine. Apparently the producers felt it would sell better as a horror film. Although it ends somewhat abruptly, a common problem in films from that time, the movie holds up well enough on its own. Date with Death (1959) used the same process in a police drama with similarly spooky elements. That film, which also starred the always-interesting Gerald Mohr, is hard to find.
shareThanks for the info!
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