Alfred

Thanks for that explanation. However, I notce that even with the code being ignored and more graphic violence taking place by the end of the 1960's, the language was still pretty mild. The Wild Bunch was perhaps the most violent film up until that point but it contained fairly mild profanity, and none of the really offensive curse words ("fuck or "cunt") (as did other films like Bonnie & Clyde and Easy Rider). However, just four years later, The Exorcist came out and it contained some pretty shocking, vulgar language, yet it still recieved an R-rating, like The Wild Bunch.

I'm doubting The Exorcist was the first film to use such extreme language, so I'm trying to pinpoint exactly where the slackening of the use of vulgar language began.

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