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By Neil Ortenberg and Daniel O'Connor
Obscene is the definitive film biography of Barney Rosset, the influential publisher of Grove Press and the Evergreen Review and a continued inspiration to defenders of free expression. Rossett was the first American publisher of acclaimed authors Samuel Beckett, Kenzaburo Oe, Tom Stoppard, Che Guevara and Malcolm X, and challenged the obscenity ban on groundbreaking works of fiction such as Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Tropic of Cancer and Naked Lunch. But the same unyielding and reckless energy Rosset used to publish these works and distribute films like I Am Curious (Yellow) also brought him perilously close to destruction. (2007, 97 min, digital) More details »
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