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pacomartin
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June 19th, 2012 at 12:13:17 AM permalink
The 1996 documentary about homosexuality as portrayed in the cinema is on youtube (with Spanish subtitles)

Celluloid Closet part I
Celluloid Closet part II
Celluloid Closet part III
Celluloid Closet part IV


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June 20th, 2012 at 6:29:42 PM permalink
Quote: pacomartin

The 1996 documentary about homosexuality as portrayed in the cinema is on youtube (with Spanish subtitles)

Celluloid Closet part I
Celluloid Closet part II
Celluloid Closet part III
Celluloid Closet part IV
 



Sadly, those links are now dead.

Try these links instead. Part 1 of 7. Sorry, no subtitles. :|
Part 2 of 7.
Part 3 of 7.
Part 4 of 7.
Part 5 of 7.
Part 6 of 7.
Part 7 of 7.

I used the book as a major reference in a couple college papers I wrote. (When I was a baby gay. Or something like that.) It is remarkable how much LGBT film content has exploded in the last 15 years. For the first year my husband and I subscribed to Netflix, we had nothing but gay film on the queue. Like everything else in film, some were fantastic, some were cheesy, and some were unwatchable. (Even with full frontal.)

'Brian
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June 21st, 2012 at 8:50:44 AM permalink
More recently in that genre, I thought "A Single Man" was very, very good.
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pacomartin
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June 22nd, 2012 at 11:00:54 PM permalink
Since watching that documentary I saw and old movie again, and I was looking for gay subtext.
That Funny Feeling 25 August 1965 (USA) Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin and Donald O'Connor

There were lots of innuendo about "interior decorators". The Donald O'Connor seemed almost stereotypical gay, but the plot had him going through a divorce. His biggest concern was that his wife not find out his assets, particularly a collection of valuable paintings that he was hiding from her.

Maybe it was my imagination.
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