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A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
A "feel-good" documentary! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lily Tomlin | ... | Narrator |
 | Tony Curtis | ... | Himself |
 | Susie Bright | ... | Herself |
| Arthur Laurents | ... | Himself |
 | Armistead Maupin | ... | Himself |
 | Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Herself |
| Jan Oxenberg | ... | Herself |
 | Harvey Fierstein | ... | Himself |
| Quentin Crisp | ... | Himself |
| Richard Dyer | ... | Himself |
| Jay Presson Allen | ... | Herself |
| Mrs. Gustav Ketterer | ... | Herself |
| Gore Vidal | ... | Himself |
| Will H. Hays | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Farley Granger | ... | Himself |
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'Jack Lemmon' declined to be interviewed for this film. moreQuotes:
Quentin Crisp: Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can't help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. And when you contemplate what people do, you think of yourself doing it. And they don't like that. That's the famous joke: I don't like peas, and I'm glad I don't like them, because if I liked them I would eat them and I hate them. moreFAQ
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It is a "gay" film in its humour and about gay-films in its story. It is a fact that we see a lot of things on the big screen without having the least idea what the meaning is. However, people follow usually the crowd and laugh at what they are supposed to laugh at and get angry about what they are supposed to get angry at! In addition of dealing with gay, sex and taboo issues it shows the pattern of cinematic mentality development across years of the past century. This film unravels subtly the preoccupations of the audience and it makes it acceptable to see scenes many people don't like to see. The music is beautiful and the story is told in a tantalising way. You get out of the art-house with a feeling that we live in a hypocrite world, yet a world full of irony and humour.