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The Celluloid Closet (1996)

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.

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Mark Bourne 05 Apr 2006

It's engrossing, brings a healthy sense of humor to the discussion, and enlightening without being bludgeoning.

Keenan S 08 Aug 2013

The Celluloid Closet is an absolutely fascinating documentary about Hollywood's portrayal of gays and lesbians from the silent era through the 90's and showing the progression of such depictions in both positive and negative ways. I also felt that did a great job of showing depictions for both genders and how moviegoers and film studios felt about seeing depictions of them - turned on by women on women, repulsed by men on men. The documentary also gathered an impressive number of celebrities to be interviewed and showed well over one hundred film clips to demonstrate these depictions. As a whole, this documentary was informative, interesting, and it could also be funny when it wanted to be. It's still a very relevant documentary nearly twenty years later since much of what was talked about is still present in modern films. Perhaps being gay helped strike more of a chord with me, but this is a documentary that is worthy viewing by anyone who has even the slightest interest in the subject.

Steph O 18 Apr 2010

(from The Watermark 05/25/96) A film version of Vito Russo's famous book which studies the images of lesbians and gays in American Cinema. Narrated by Lily Tomlin, written by Armistead Maupin, and containing interviews with gay and gay-friendly celebs, this movie is a "must see."

Greg V 06 Jul 2016

This is a good movie, but I find it highly annoying that they do not provide simple captions on the screen, that state the name of the movie they are talking about. That would not be hard to do--without such captions it is hard to find the movie title anywhere.

Ken S 20 Mar 2008

Great documentary on the history of Gay Film