The Seventh Seal, The Virgin Spring, and La Dolce Vita were all

A. foreign films that were denied release in the United States by the objection of the MPAA.
B. foreign films that failed to inspire the attention of American audiences because of their very different editing and visual styles, which were incorrectly perceived as immature and unsubtle.
C. foreign films that were edited down to earn a Production Code Administration seal of approval.
D. foreign films of the 1950s and 1960s that made code-approved American products seem bland, antiseptic, and dull by comparison.


Answer: D

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