Drama Cult Classic

Barry Mahon fights the censors and blurs the line between art and exploitation in this pseudo-mondo journey.

CENSORED

1965 · 1h 1m · NR · Drama · IMDB TMDB

A collection of clips that had reputedly been scissored from various films on account of their content being too racy. (None of them actually were - in fact, it's all footage shot for this film by Barry Mahon - but why get in the way of a good story?)

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What is Censored about?

Censored is a 1965 American drama film directed by Barry Mahon that presents itself as a collection of supposedly banned film clips, challenging the boundaries between artistic freedom and censorship.

Programmer's Pick

Barry Mahon never met a taboo he couldn’t prod, and Censored is his meta-mondo ode to the fine art of getting banned. Where other exploitation flicks wink at the censors, Mahon turns the whole thing into a joke—and lets you in on it. If you’ve ever wondered what ‘adults only’ looked like in the hands of a self-declared provocateur, this is your answer.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

Censored, directed by exploitation maverick Barry Mahon in 1965, is a self-aware drama that masquerades as a compilation of scenes allegedly cut from various films for being too risqué. Instead, Mahon shoots new footage specifically for this project, blending cheeky nudity, staged shocks, and tongue-in-cheek narration. The film positions itself at the crossroads of artistic liberty and governmental censorship, raising the question of where the line between constitutional freedom and obscenity should be drawn. With its blend of nudity, exploitation, and a mock-educational tone, Censored both lampoons and critiques the forces that police cinema, aiming to provoke thought while simultaneously indulging in the very excesses it claims to protest.