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The Celluloid Closet

1995

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Documentary, Self: Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Whoopi Goldberg ...

7.3

1,264

Documentary Author Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City) wrote Lily Tomlin's narration for this superb documentary, based on a book by the late Vito Russo, about Hollywood's treatment of homosexual characters in this century. Never pointing a finger at anyone in the film community, The Celluloid Closet presents clips from more than 100 mainstream features (including The Children's Hour, Advise and Consent, The Boys in the Band, and The Hunger) that ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Lively and absorbing."
		Edward Guthmann SFGATE	"[It] goes all the way back to the birth of cinema, to an experimental Thomas Edison short of two men dancing, to trace the odd, funny, sad and disgraceful history of homosexual iconography on film
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"An immensely entertaining, galloping reflection on screen perceptions of lesbians and gay men, from the humorous to the heinous to the heartening."
		Tom Charity Time Out	"A witty, touching study of Hollywood's (mostly on screen) treatment of homosexuality."

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