The Celluloid Closet overview
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Synopsis:
Based on Vito Russo's groundbreaking 1981 work of film history, The Celluloid Closet gathers clips from dozens of mainstream Hollywood films to illustrate how the movies have dealt explicitly -- and more importantly, implicitly -- with gay and lesbian themes. Layered between the clips are interviews with filmmakers whose works have touched on that subject. The popular films of the Golden Age could only hint at homosexuality and often portrayed gays as simpering characters, objects of scorn or merriment, or insidious villains.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Jeffrey Friedman, Robert Epstein
- Studio: Telling Pictures, Reflective Image, Channel 4, HBO, ZDF, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
- Year: 1995
- Run Time: 101 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- MPAA Rating: R (for some graphic footage of sexuality and violence, and for language)
- Category: Documentary
- Genre/Type: History, Film, TV & Radio
- Filmed in: Color
