The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies is a non-fiction book by film historian and LGBT activist Vito Russo , first published in 1981 by Harper & Row . The book examines the history of depictions of homosexuality in film, particularly in Hollywood films , from queer coded to overt portrayals. A revised edition of the book was published in 1987, with 80 additional pages.
4-411: The Celluloid Closet may refer to: The Celluloid Closet (book) , a 1981 book by Vito Russo The Celluloid Closet (film) , a 1995 American documentary film based on the book See also [ edit ] The Closet (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-495: The title The Celluloid Closet . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Celluloid_Closet&oldid=1159836960 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Celluloid Closet (book) The book
12-480: Was adapted into a 1995 documentary film of the same name directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman . Demian of the Seattle Gay News wrote that, "Vito Russo brings to his book the same wealth of political and social history that he used in creating his lecture and film show", and concluded: " The Celluloid Closet is a great book to browse through. The writing is direct, clear, and entertaining. The book
16-605: Was released after two books of the same subject Parker Tyler 's 1972 book Screening the Sexes and Richard Dyer 's 1977 Gays and Film , even though Russo complained at the time of the release that no gay writer had produced any meaningful criticism of homosexuality in the movies. The Celluloid Closet book was prefigured by a live lecture/film clip presentation of the same name, which Russo first presented in 1972 and would go on to deliver at colleges, universities, and small cinemas. After Russo's death in 1990, The Celluloid Closet book
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