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Documentary, History 102 min R
Rotten Tomatoes96%IMDb
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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Epic, nostalgic, prestige and resolved.
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Ok, so perhaps some of the claims made in the narration about some of the stars featured here are a bit optimistically speculative, but it still manages to use some very well researched archive and the benefit of hindsight to portray a sort of “Hollywood Babylon” approach to a century of gay Hollywood film-making. Starting way back, pre-code, with films from the likes of Cecil B. DeMille, it presents and engaging analysis of cinematic history that includes some of the talked-about regulars like Greta Garbo, Dame Judith Anderson, Rock Hudson and Monty Clift, but instead of reverting to the gossip columns of the likes of Louella Parsons, it sees contributions from the likes of Tony Curtis, Shirley MacLaine and particularly Gore Vidal to shine some spotlights on the subtly of messages like the censored oysters and snails scene from “Spartacus” (1960) that did actually make it past those implementing the Hayes code. Some of the commentaries quite potently focus attention on the innate conservativeness of an industry that either in content or via it’s highly paid and profiled personalities was unwilling to rock the boat of an America that viewed any semblance of same sex relationships w
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