Celluloid Closet, The
- Synopsis
- A documentary compilation of film clips and interviews covering 100 years of cinema, looking at the way homosexuality has been represented in popular cinema and tracing how stereotyes emerged. and includes interviews with Gore Vidal talking about Tony Curtis’ failure to recognise the gay subtext to his scenes in ‘Ben Hur’, Tony Curtis’ description of his bath with Laurence Olivier in ‘Spartacus’, and John Schlesinger on how he filmed the kiss between Murray Head and Peter Finch in ‘Sunday, Bloody Sunday’.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of production
- 1995
- Notes
- Reviewed by Tony Rayns in ‘Sight and Sound’ (Jul 1996), pp40-1.
- Subjects
- Social Studies; Film studies
- Keywords
- censorship; feature films; history of cinema; homosexuality
Credits
- Director
- Jeffrey Friedman; Robert Epstein
- Producer
- Jeffrey Friedman; Robert Epstein
- Writer
- Armistead Maupin
- Cast
Lily Tomlin
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £14.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 101 minutes
- Year
- 2009
Distributor
- Name
Drakes Avenue
- Web
- http://www.vervepics.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7436 8001
- Address
- c/o Verve Pictures
Kenilworth House
79/80 Margaret Street
London
W1W 8TA
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