The Celluloid Closet
Documentary, History
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1996
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Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.
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Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
15 Mar 1996
Country:
FR, DE, GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$1,400,591
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. 7 wins & 9 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Makes it clear Hollywood wanted it both ways: It benefitted from the richness that gays added to films, but didn't want to acknowledge their sexuality.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Top-notch entertainment, not only because it's enjoyable, but because it argues its case with an effectiveness that would impress even a top-notch, homophobic attorney.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
It's interesting to see how gay and lesbian themes began to be treated openly in films, but it's fascinating to see how -- earlier -- those themes were used subtextually in films that make no overt reference to the real subject.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
1 Jan 2000