Fuck (film)

thumb|Fuck was first shown November 7, 2005 at the AFI Film Festival. Fuck (styled as FUCK, F★CK, or F*CK; alternatively titled Fuck: A Documentary and The F-Bomb: A Documentary) is a 2005 documentary film by director Steve Anderson which argues that the word fuck is an integral part of societal discussions surrounding both freedom of speech and censorship. __TOC__ Quotes thumb|Lenny Bruce is quoted as observing, "If you can't say fuck, you can't say fuck the government."|alt=Man holding up his arms while being searched by a police officer If you can't say fuck, you can't say fuck the government. Lenny Bruce — cited in http://sandiegometro.archives.whsites.net/reel/index.php?reelID=987 April 17, 2013 December 2006 The Reel Story: F*ck - History of a bad word San Diego Metropolitan Magazine & Daily Business Report San Diego, California San Diego Metropolitan Jean Lowerison [Fuck] sounds exactly like what it is. Billy Connolly — cited in http://sandiegometro.archives.whsites.net/reel/index.php?reelID=987 April 17, 2013 December 2006 The Reel Story: F*ck - History of a bad word San Diego Metropolitan Magazine & Daily Business Report San Diego, California San Diego Metropolitan Jean Lowerison It's one of those all-purpose words. Sam Donaldson — cited in http://sandiegometro.archives.whsites.net/reel/index.php?reelID=987 April 17, 2013 December 2006 The Reel Story: F*ck - History of a bad word San Diego Metropolitan Magazine & Daily Business Report San Diego, California San Diego Metropolitan Jean Lowerison It's the ultimate bad word. Bill Maher — cited in DVD Verdict http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/fuck.php April 19, 2013 March 12, 2007 Mike Pinksy DVD Verdict Review - Fuck Verdict Partners LLC. The f-word is special. Everybody uses the word breakfast, but not everyone feels comfortable using the word fuck so there's an extra power behind it. Alanis Morissette — cited in Rowan Walker The Observer First Person: Is this an f-word too far?: A new documentary about a certain four-letter epithet has got America talking (so long as they don't use that word). Rowan Walker asks if it deserves four stars 28; Section: Observer Focus Pages http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/nov/19/film.filmnews November 18, 2006 April 22, 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited You could think of that [word] as standing in for most of the changes that happened in the 20th century, at least many of the important ones. Geoffrey Nunberg — cited in Documentary 'F*ck' is less than word pefect Chicago Sun-Times Illinois November 17, 2006 Bill Stamets NC31 Chicago Sun-Times, Inc. Quotes about the documentary thumb|In his book, Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties, Professor Christopher M. Fairman of the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University called the documentary "the most important film using fuck".|alt=Man in suit and tie smiling Ultimately, Fuck is a movie about free speech. ... Freedom of expression must extend to words that offend. Love it or hate it, fuck is here to stay. American Film Institute — Rose Vincelli http://www.afi.com/silverdocs/2006/films/fuck.aspx April 17, 2013 Fuck Silverdocs 2006 Film Guide American Film Institute An interesting debate about censorship. Chelsea Bain Boston Herald Movie Review: Flick doesn't mince words December 8, 2006 E17 F*ck manages to strip some of the mystique from the forbidden word, and in the end, despite some road bumps, is a satisfying f*lm. Marjorie Baumgarten The Austin Chronicle http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2006-12-01/423455/ April 17, 2013 F*ck December 1, 2006 Austin Chronicle Corp. The most important film using fuck. Christopher M. Fairman w:Christopher M. Fairman Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties 19-20 Sphinx Publishing 2009 1572487119 At the forefront of the discussion is the question of freedom of speech. Sally Foster Film Threat Fuck http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/8770/ April 17, 2013 March 23, 2006 Hamster Stampede LLC Fuck provides a highly provocative and humorous overview of a word that, love it or hate it, undoubtedly holds more power than its measly four letters might suggest. Sally Foster Film Threat Fuck http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/8770/ April 17, 2013 March 23, 2006 Hamster Stampede LLC All in all, I’d have to say that this film was entertaining as fuck. Sally Foster Film Threat Fuck http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/8770/ April 17, 2013 March 23, 2006 Hamster Stampede LLC For something rather different there’s F*ck, a moderately amusing documentary about the second most offensive word in the English language. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/698cbd2e-f85a-11dd-aae8-000077b07658.html The Financial Times April 17, 2013 Karl French The slow road to revelation February 11, 2009 The Financial Times Ltd. All told, Anderson's film is surprisingly amusing, as well as insightful, even if viewers have to sit through about 800 uses of the word in the 90-minute film. (And that's a cinematic record.) Jack Garner 'F---: The Documentary' Democrat and Chronicle January 5, 2007 April 17, 2013 http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070105/LIVING0107/701050363/1065/ENT04 Gannett The documentary offers an effervescent blend of cultural history and political opinion. How to hear the F-word 857 times on TV - F**k. 2-4 a.m. Saturday. Documentary Channel. May 27, 2011 The Miami Herald Florida Glenn Garvin The McClatchy Company Anybody expecting protective bleeps will suffer lethally seared eardrums within minutes of tuning in; the program shatters all existing records of F-word usage with 857 gloriously stereophonic examples. Can you support the First Amendment, and be appalled at the often-ridiculous fines levied by the FCC for a single broadcast F-bomb, and still be weary of this word's ubiquity? Anderson's movie doesn't say, but many know the answer. Moira MacDonald The Seattle Times http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?slug=thatmovie01&date=20061201 April 17, 2013 Movie Review: F***": Film about F-bomb's power fails to fully detonate December 1, 2006 The Seattle Times Company Anderson's glib approach is to the movie's advantage, allowing anything profound to seem unexpected. Wesley Morris The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2006/12/08/presenting_the_history_of_a_four_letter_word/ April 17, 2013 Movie Review: Presenting the history of a four-letter word December 8, 2006 The New York Times Company Unlike Kirby Dick's scatterbrained This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Steve Anderson's similar state-of-obscenity documentary Fuck gives both sides of the decency argument a fair hearing. Noel Murray The A.V. Club http://www.avclub.com/articles/fuck,3712/ April 17, 2013 Fuck - Film - Movie Review November 9, 2006 Onion Inc. A thesis-level course in the history, derivation and proper use of every sailor's favorite cuss, the movie has to wage a constant battle against potty-mouthed monotony. Fortunately, it emerges largely unscathed, and almost triumphant in its own single-minded way. Steve Schneider Orlando Weekly Closing Frames: What to watch for in the final weekend of the Florida Film Festival March 30, 2006 April 17, 2013 http://www2.orlandoweekly.com/film/story.asp?id=10590 Orlando, Florida Mr. Anderson’s movie is staged as a talking-head culture-war skirmish between embattled upholders of propriety (or repression, if you prefer) and proponents of free expression (or filth), but its real lesson is that the two sides depend upon each other. Or rather, that the continued vitality of the word — its unique ability to convey emphasis, relieve stress, shock grown-ups and function as adverb, noun, verb, intensifier and what linguists call 'infix' — rests on its ability to mark an edge between the permissible and the profane. A. O. Scott w:A. O. Scott http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/movies/10ffff.html The New York Times The New York Times Company No Way to Put This Delicately November 10, 2006 April 22, 2013 E12 See also Censorship First Amendment to the United States Constitution Freedom of speech Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment Sexual slang External links Fuck (film) Fuck (film) Fuck (film) FUCK: Four Letter Film http://www.fourletterfilm.com/ fourletterfilm.com April 17, 2013 http://web.archive.org/web/20120106210412/http://www.fourletterfilm.com/ January 6, 2012 About The Filmmakers http://www.fourletterfilm.com/film.html fourletterfilm.com August 1, 2012 http://web.archive.org/web/20070102060812/http://www.fourletterfilm.com/film.html January 2, 2007 0486585 Fuck fuck Fuck fuck Fuck Fuck at Yahoo! Movies Category:2005 films Category:American films Category:Documentary films Category:Legal films Category:Historical films Category:Comedy films