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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1964|1964]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]] [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity | ====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]] [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video | ====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' Louis Malle, Director | '''Artist:''' Louis Malle, Director (1932 - 1995) | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' State of Ohio | '''Confronting Bodies:''' State of Ohio | ||
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'''Dates of Action:''' 1964 | '''Dates of Action:''' 1964 | ||
'''Location:''' | '''Location:''' The United States of America | ||
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'''Description of Artwork:''' Louis Malle's film, Les Amants (The Lovers) told the story of a bored, neglected, bourgeois house wife who falls for an irreverent young student. Although it celebrated the glories of adulterous love, Les Amants sexual explicitness is limited to a glimpse of the heroine's breast. | '''Description of Artwork:''' Louis Malle's film, ''Les Amants (The Lovers)'' told the story of a bored, neglected, bourgeois house wife who falls for an irreverent young student. Although it celebrated the glories of adulterous love, ''Les Amants'' sexual explicitness is limited to a glimpse of the heroine's breast. | ||
'''The Incident:''' In the case Jacobellis vs. Ohio, the State of Ohio used obscenity law to ban the film. Justice Brennen points out that the film must be utterly without social importance, and Justice Potter Stewart states, " I shall not here today attempt further to define (obscenity)...But I know it when I see it." | '''The Incident:''' In the case Jacobellis vs. Ohio, the State of Ohio used obscenity law to ban the film. Justice Brennen points out that the film must be utterly without social importance, and Justice Potter Stewart states, " I shall not here today attempt further to define (obscenity)...But I know it when I see it." | ||
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'''Source:''' New York Public Library, New York City | '''Source:''' New York Public Library, New York City | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1964]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:1960s]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:20th century]] | ||
[[Category:North America]] | [[Category:North America]] | ||
[[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | [[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | ||
[[Category:Nudity]] | [[Category:Nudity]] | ||
[[Category:Film Video]] | [[Category:Film Video]] | ||
[[Category:Louis Malle, Director]] | [[Category:Louis Malle, Director]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:29, 26 December 2011
Date: 1964
Region: North America
Subject: Explicit Sexuality Nudity
Medium: Film Video
Artist: Louis Malle, Director (1932 - 1995)
Confronting Bodies: State of Ohio
Dates of Action: 1964
Location: The United States of America
Description of Artwork: Louis Malle's film, Les Amants (The Lovers) told the story of a bored, neglected, bourgeois house wife who falls for an irreverent young student. Although it celebrated the glories of adulterous love, Les Amants sexual explicitness is limited to a glimpse of the heroine's breast.
The Incident: In the case Jacobellis vs. Ohio, the State of Ohio used obscenity law to ban the film. Justice Brennen points out that the film must be utterly without social importance, and Justice Potter Stewart states, " I shall not here today attempt further to define (obscenity)...But I know it when I see it."
Results of Incident: In 1968 the Supreme Court reversed the obscenity conviction of the Ohio theater who exhibited Les Amants.
Source: New York Public Library, New York City
