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Celluloid Closet, The (1995) Rank 4 Reviews
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Palo Alto Weekly (Susan Tavernetti)
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ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
While it is commonly assumed, and is often true, that the motion picture industry mirrors real life, there are instances when Hollywood has had a marked influence on society. No more is this more apparent than in the case of homosexuality. The thesis of R ...read the complete Celluloid Closet movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
When was I first aware that a movie character was intended to behomosexual? It must have been in the early 1960s, in the final sequence ofFellini's ``La Dolce Vita,'' when two ...read the complete Celluloid Closet movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
I rarely considered the film industry such a loyal upholder of mainstream values, in the light of recent political bashing. However, this documentary makes it plain that Hollywood has hardly been a leader in social causes, especially when we look ...read the complete Celluloid Closet movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
Movie Reviews UK
An enchanting and entertaining documentary, The Celluloid Closet trawls through the annals of cinema and makes the hidden obvious. Hollywood has never dealt in reality, preferring instead to broadcast a rose-tinted world of stereotypes - of this the ...read the complete Celluloid Closet movie review at Movie Reviews UK
DVD Talk (Phillip Duncan)
I definitely recommend this film to anyone interested in the history of film. It offers an inside and outside look at one of Hollywood's closest guarded secrets that is both fascinating and sad at the same time. Hopefully after watching, it will ...read the complete Celluloid Closet movie review at DVD Talk (Phillip Duncan)
Steve Rhodes
As the movie starts, narrator Lily Tomlin tells us that, "Hollywood, that great maker of myths, taught straight people what to think about gays and gay people what to think about themselves." The format of the movie, beautifully edited by Jeffrey ...read the complete Celluloid Closet movie review at Steve Rhodes
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
The Celluloid Closet is one of the most fascinating documentaries to put Hollywood under
the microscope, standing alongside the That's Entertainment series and Visions of Light. In about ...read the complete Celluloid Closet movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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