- For the 1953 anthology film directed by Fellini, Antonioni, and four other directors, see L'Amore in Città. For the 1973 Andy Warhol film, see L'Amour.
L'Amore (1948) is an anthology film directed by Roberto Rossellini starring Anna Magnani and Federico Fellini. The two segments are "Il Miracolo" ("The Miracle") and "Una Voce Umana", the latter based on the play The Human Voice (1932) by Jean Cocteau. Rossellini and Fellini co-wrote "Il Miracolo", Rossellini adapted Cocteau's play, and Magnani appears in both segments.
The film became a major controversy when Joseph Burstyn premiered a subtitled print of the film, now titled Ways of Love, in New York City in November 1950. "Il Miracolo" was reviled as "anti-Catholic" and "sacrilegious". The New York State Board of Regents, in charge of film censorship for New York State, revoked the license to show the film on February 16, 1951. This led to a lawsuit finally decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1952 in a case popularly known as the "Miracle Decision" which declared that film was a form of artistic expression protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech.
Due to legal complications over the rights to Cocteau's play, the film was out of distribution for many years, until a restored print was shown at the Roxie Cinema in San Francisco in 1978.
References
- ^ Text of Joseph Burstyn, Inc v. Wilson , 343 U.S. 495 (1952) is available from: · Enfacto · Findlaw · BC
See also
- Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio (1915) U.S. Supreme Court case
- Censorship in the United States
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