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Genesis 2022-07-07 15:56:52
Vito Russo
Five stars for Vito Russo's (1946-1990) seminal research and the century-old history of social change depicted in the film.
The Celluloid Closet reveals how queers are represented in Hollywood films. They lived in shadows, stood for being bullied, and most often ended up dying as punishment for...
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Declan 2022-07-07 17:22:50
Staged Development Summary
From the two men dancing in Edison's experimental short film in 1895 to the birth of this documentary in 1995, the period is the history of the development of Hollywood gay films spanning a hundred years. Interview the filmmaker to record the image of gays on the screen, and make a pertinent...
Liza Minnelli
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Harvey Fierstein: I liked the sissy. Is it used in negative ways? Yeah, but, my view has always been visibility at any cost. I'd rather have negative than nothing.
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Gore Vidal: The big change occurred when the movie moguls got together and save Hollywood. We must get an outsider, preferably some politician, who was above suspicion. So, they looked into the cabinet of Warren G. Harding. At that time there were a number of unindicted members of his cabinet. And they picked the Postmaster General, William Hays, of Indinia, who looked not unlike Mickey Mouse.
