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I'm doing research on film violence, censorship and the debate on 'harmful'
effects of screen and video violce in Sweden. The first Swedish moral panic
about video was initiated when a TV show screened scenes of 'meaningless,
extreme violence' back in 1980. Needless to say, the scenes shown seemed quite
meaningless, since they'd just picked the most violent sequnces they could find
and showed them completely out of context. The result - increased censorship. In
this programme a sequence with a middle-aged man stumbling around with a scythe
through the neck was shown. I haven't been able to identify the film. Does
anyone     hav a clue?
 
Ulf
 
 
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