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The recent passing of New Hollywood auteur William Friedkin had me thinking of The French Connection, my favourite film from the great director's body of work. Unfortunately, thinking about The French Connection also got me thinking about The French Connection's censorship. First discovered streaming on Criterion Channel, a new version of the film which deletes a brief dialogue exchange has been in circulation. In this video essay, I discuss that cut and why it's significant.

Filmography: letterboxd.com/eyebrowcinema/list/on-the-french-connections-censorship-filmography

Works Cited:

"'Who Censored The French Connection?' is a Case Only Popeye Doyle Could Solve." Glenn Kenny, Decider. 2023. decider.com/2023/06/20/who-censored-the-french-connection
"The French Connection has been censored and fans are furious." Elizabeth Audrey, NME. 2023. nme.com/news/film/the-french-connection-censored-fans-furious-3452641
"Don't Censor Racism Out of the Past." Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic. 2023. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/french-connection-racist-slurs-censorship/674341
"The French Connection and the Trouble with Streaming Censorship." Stephen Daisley, The Spectator. 2023. spectator.co.uk/article/the-french-connection-and-the-trouble-with-streaming-censorship
"Why Disney Is Cutting Back on DVDs After 'Guardians of the Galaxy'." Brian Adgate, Forbes. 2023. forbes.com/sites/bradadgate/2023/08/02/with-sales-dropping-disney-will-no-longer-sell-dvds-in-australia/?sh=522cd6e83b4b
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Music Featured:

Running Waters by Audionautix
Subterranean Howl by ELPHNT
Setup With An E by Small Colin
Both Flanks by Small Colin
Fingerprint by The Mini Vandals
Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music
A Gradual Descent into the Chamber of Darkness by Scott Lawlor
Lost Highway by Au.Ra
The Six Realms by I Think I Can Help You
The Take Down by DJ Williams

Running Waters by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Artist: audionautix.com

Stock film footage: Film leader is run through a projector. Actual film transfer, not a digital creation. Courtesy of www.beachfrontbroll.com.

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