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The Celluloid Closet

DVD - 2001 DVD 791.43 Ce 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.6 out of 5

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Call Number: DVD 791.43 Ce
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally produced for television broadcast in 1996.
Based on the book by Vito Russo.
Special features: Commentary with filmmakers Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Lily Tomlin, producer Howard Rosenman, editor Arnold Glassman, author Vito Russo ; bonus trailers ; collection of outtakes ; talent files ; interactive menus ; production notes including letters from Gore Vidal and Charlton Heston ; scene selections.
Narrator: Lily Tomlin. Commentary: Tom Hanks, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Fierstein, Shirley MacLaine, Gore Vidal.
Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist cinema of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen.
DVD ; Full screen, Dolby Digital.
Contents: Celluloid closet.

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I love this movie. Talk about reclaiming! submitted by lisa on July 26, 2018, 12:41pm A romp through old film for queer subtext. LOVE IT.