Abstract
One of the many grey areas in the practice of the arts is the influence of commercial pressures and the extent to which that influence can be qualified as ‘censorship’. It is clear that some art forms are more vulnerable than others, particularly in the sphere of mass entertainment, and few are more vulnerable than films, but how does the pressure work and what are its effects? James Ivory, the American film director, here describes his experiences with The Wild Party and explains how it is that his version of the film has still not been released to the public, one year after its completion, and probably never will.