Word: flynt
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DIRECTOR MILOS Forman's latest work, "The People vs. Larry Flynt," has received critical acclaim and generated a great deal of controversy. Based on the First Amendment battles of Flynt, the publisher of "Hustler" magazine, Forman calls the movie his "love letter to the Supreme Court" in appreciation of that body's protection of freedom of expression. Others, however, have criticized the movie for glorifying and romanticizing Larry Flynt and the pornography he produces...
Born in pre-World-War-II Czechoslovakia, Forman is the child of victims of the Holocaust. Heavily influenced by the totalitarian oppression he witnessed, he chose to celebrate the freedom of the United States in his latest work. Prior to "Larry Flynt," Forman has enjoyed a prolific directing career and has twice received the Oscar for best director: first for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and again for "Amadeus...
Last Wednesday, he participated in the panel discussion sponsored by the Institute of Politics, "'The People vs. Larry Flynt' and the First Amendment." Following the discussion, Forman sat down for an interview...
...satisfied with the reaction "Larry Flynt" has received...
...said that you've edited out parts of the history in the movie that did not "push across your point." Do you feel you're doing the more ignorant members of your audience a disservice by not giving a complete history of Larry Flynt...