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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...
Harvey Fierstein
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Susan Sarandon: Oh, movies are important and they're dangerous because we're the keeper of the dreams. You go into a little dark room and become incredibly vulnerable - on one hand all your perspectives can be challenged, you could feel something you couldn't feel normally. It can encourage you to be the protagonist in your own life. On the other hand it can completely misshape you.
