The Celluloid Closet

Gasp! That was bad ass.

I love that movie... err documentary. I came home from school, and for some reason i decided to watch a little TV (Which is amazing since it's been awhile since i watched TV for the Hell of it) and BAM on IFC there it was: The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies. I actually rounded up a VHS and Hooked up the Recorder to my DirectTV box and taped it. How Lucky am I!?! I actually got everything hooked up in record-shattering speed, and bout the time i hit record it started.

It was eye opening, to say the least. I'm going to have to see if i can't find it on DVD (i'm a special feature whore). And I’m also going to have to buy some of the movies that they featured, especially the older ones. I definably recommend watching it... it's actually coming on again later tonight... but i'm going to have to keep a close eye on IFC, and see what else they might play.

But really WTF are the chances of that happening? Damn I'm one lucky-ass homo. (BTW, that is one of the things on my teachers list of stuff to read/watch)

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Inspired by Vito Russo's book of the same name and directed by two-time Oscar® winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, this exhaustively informative and thoroughly entertaining documentary looks at the hidden and not so hidden portrayals of homosexuality in mainstream American films over the past 100 years. Narrated by Lily Tomlin, interviewees include Gore Vidal, Quentin Crisp, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Hanks and Tony Curtis.

(1995) Dirs: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman. (1:40)

Airs February 3, 13.
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