The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies by Vito Russo

The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies

Vito Russo

368 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction art history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
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Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "an impressive study" and written with incisive wit and searing perception--the definitive, highly acclaimed landmark work on the portrayal of homosexuality in film.

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