The Celluloid Closet (1995)
- Directed by
- Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
- Genre
- documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 116 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary examines how Hollywood movies have depicted gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender characters throughout film history. It uses film clips and commentary to show changing portrayals and stereotypes.
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What happens
The Celluloid Closet is a 1996 American documentary film directed and co-written by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and executive produced by Howard Rosenman. The film is based on Vito Russo's 1981 book The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies, and on lecture and film clip presentations he gave from 1972 to 1982. Russo had researched the history of how motion pictures, especially Hollywood films, had portrayed gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender characters. The Celluloid Closet was given a limited release in select theatres, including the Castro Theatre in San Francisco in April 1996, and then shown on cable channel HBO as part of its series America Undercover. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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