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Rateds: R, Unrated; Genres: Documentary, Gay and Lesbian; With: Antonio Banderas, Rob Epstein and Lily Tomlin
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THE CELLULOID CLOSET (R) A striking documentary about homosexual themes and subtexts in movie history. Based on the late Vito Russo's book of the same name, The Celluloid Closet is also a first-rate work of cinematic criticism, tracing the ways in which, despite official cultural disapproval, gay images, ideas, and implications have slipped into the medium. The images range from Laurel and Hardy sitting on a bed, looking and chatting for all the world like a flirting couple, to a scene of Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon going all the way in the erotic vampire film The Hunger. Shuffled among the film scenes are interviews with a variety of actors, writers, and producers.
Posted Mar 29, 1996
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