A review by tscott907
The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies by Vito Russo

4.0

Equally dated and depressing. Clearly an educational book, but being presented with the depiction of gay people in cinema in such a stark manner can feel hopeless. I’d watched the documentary based on this film my freshman year of college. (I would recommend watching it in conjunction with reading the book, as it makes some of the arguments made in the book more evident.) I’m interested in the arguments that Russo makes throughout the book, but I wish there could be an updated edition that would show how we have progressed (or regressed) since the eighties.