Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

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NR,1hr 21min

Genre:

Documentary

Release:

2006

Directors:

Lesli Klainberg, Lisa Ades

Distributor:

Independent Film Channel

Starring:

Todd Haynes, Ang Lee, Jennie Livingston ... More

Synopsis: Gay, lesbian, and transgender filmmakers, actors, and critics explore the history of queer cinema in this made-for-cable documentary. Eschewing any overarching narration, co-directors Lesli Klainberg and Lisa Ades illustrate archival footage and film clips with dozens of interviews. They also provide timelines and factoids to punctuate the discussion of specific eras. Although the background material and the interviewees allude to the subtext of Hollywood classics, the bounty of world cinema, and ... Full Synopsis

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	Brian J. Dillard, AMG Review Cheery production values and an upbeat script lend this IFC documentary an aesthetic closer to a nostalgic VH1 celebration than to Vito Russo's seminal, still-haunting The Celluloid Closet. Yet Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema is a product of its times. Rather than an AIDS-era meditation on the power of representation, Fabulous! explores the explosion of gay images in millennial pop culture and ... Read Review