Italy's Andreotti law of 1949 effectively created preproduction film censorship by:
A. discouraging domestic theaters from playing films deemed to be critical of government policies.
B. providing loans to production firms that submitted film scripts with an apolitical slant.
C. banning members of the Italian Communist Party from working in communications industries, including the cinema.
D. forbidding filmmakers from producing films based on Italy's role in the recent world war.
Answer: B
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