The Celluloid Closet

by Vito Russo · first published 1981

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. The book 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.

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Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 4.7 / 5 (3 on Open Library)

Year page:

1981