The Celluloid Closet
This is where CGiii began...
I was given this book many years ago...a book that stripped away all the joy that cinema had to offer.
A book written by a very angry man who thought that all gay representation should be of happy gay problem-less couples.
It has been said that time has not been kind to The Celluloid Closet...unarguably a true statement.
Still, Vito Russo was one of the first to write about the subject...albeit with an off-putting rage and outrageous idealism.
As an activist (and like all activists), he certainly had much to be angry about...especially, then.
Inequality was rife. The age of consent was a nonsense. And, AIDS had reared its ugly head.
Bleak times indeed. Cinema helped. For some.
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_0828d0ab067f3d58362c3255c1c33301.jpg "Color Purple (The)")
_a8a83d1273b9bcb129c81cac4ed6e903.jpg "Consequence (The)")
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_9f353aa1a12cf00c4edf4a33e5f39778.jpg "Crossfire")
_af63116bf80dd29c066116bd467a28d5.jpg "Damned (The)")
_48a925218399b98180d1a6e93975344e.jpg "Damned (The)")
_60965dfbe4167f4a5ced76132d8e05b5.jpg "Dance of the Vampires")
_57bf0972746d499ec93e40ad1f318101.jpg "Dangerously They Live")
1_d369e1f05e2344cff2a1aab5e2fa3503.jpg "Day for Night")
_175fafbde9329b6ca6b4e2a43a15870a.jpg "Day of the Jackal (The)")
_f6c6dae6eaa3ce002260c16cf355c036.jpg "Day of the Locust (The)")
2_5bb0bf54decdb28b863a63e1ea26c772.jpg "Day the Fish Came Out (The)")
_1381313e055bc56cadf3947bf7af84e1.jpg "Death in Venice")
_965a77d427f9aab8375f4eeab2210d92.jpg "Deathtrap")
_a3b551837b228ea3670610e305d164ec.jpg "Deliverance")
_460de063e7e1034c8086dbec346d0292.jpg "Deputy (The)")
_88d34279d37d83d325928831efe788db.jpg "Detective (The)")
_7ca566f53376e0e7d77880d34d699443.jpg "Diamonds Are Forever")
_2f3bf5d2c6f8ef4598b3536af16451ae.jpg "Different Story (A)")
_807e42cd8352c4b08bf1d8cda0f860da.jpg "Doña Herlinda and Her Son")
_3da2b28a4d613b6111a4f278f0faea0f.jpg "Down and Out in Beverly Hills")
_0036fc5eae99107d0e2325ffafd67da6.jpg "Dracula's Daughter")
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2_96c37890c7b5b598d3ae43ef0e027d5a.jpg "Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (The)")