Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

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Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)

Directed by Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg

“Documents the history of gays and lesbians in Hollywood films.”

Documentary · 1h 22m

A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?

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Cast

B. Ruby Rich Self John Waters Self Jane Lynch Self Alan Cumming Self Heather Matarazzo Self Todd Haynes Self Christine Vachon Self John Cameron Mitchell Self Rose Troche Self Ang Lee Self Marga Gómez Self Gus Van Sant Self

Crew

Director
Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg
Director of Photography
Ruben O'Malley, John Pirozzi
Original Music Composer
Billy Porter, Ari Gold
Editor
Rachel Reichman
Producer
Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg

Details

Release date
2006-02-12
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America