Kylo-Patrick R. Hart: Queer Males in Contemporary Cinema

Becoming Visible. USA/UK 2013, 183 pp., brochure, € 45.99
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Scarecrow
Over the past several decades, mainstream films have gradually featured queer content and characters. Depicted covertly at first, these characterizations have become much more prominent in recent years, most notably in such films as »Philadelphia«, »Boys Don't Cry«, and »Brokeback Mountain«. The author explores both latent and manifest representations of queer males in noteworthy cinema from the mid-20th to the ... Weiterlesen

B. Ruby Rich: New Queer Cinema

The Director's Cut. USA 2013, 322 pp., brochure, € 49.95
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Duke University Press
B. Ruby Rich designated a brand new genre, the New Queer Cinema (NQC), in her groundbreaking article in the »Village Voice« in 1992. This movement in film and video was intensely political and aesthetically innovative, made possible by the debut of the camcorder, and driven initially by outrage over the unchecked spread of AIDS. The genre has grown to include ... Weiterlesen

Barbara Hammer: Hammer!

Making Movies out of Sex and Life. USA 2010, 281 pp. with numerous b/w photographs, brochure, € 27.95
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Feminist Press
»Hammer!« is the first book by influential filmmaker Barbara Hammer, whose life and work have inspired a generation of queer, feminist, and avant-garde artists and filmmakers. The wild days of non-monogamy in the 1970s, the development of a queer aesthetic in the 1980s, the fight for visibility during the culture wars of the 1990s, her search for meaning as she ... Weiterlesen

Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince: 50 Years of Queer Cinema

500 of the Best GLBTQ Films Ever Made. USA 2010, 502 pp., brochure, € 23.99
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The world's production of 50 years of GLBTQ cinema has shattered the door to the celluloid closet. Thanks to this, and to a flood of classics re-released in DVD format, a brave new world of queer iconography has emerged for film junkies. This book documents these trends. From the tawdry to the beautiful, »The Love That Dared not Speak its ... Weiterlesen

David Bret: Clark Gable

Tormented Star. USA 2008, 287 pp., brochure, € 14.89
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Clarke Gable - the archetypal male of his era. He was named »King of Hollywood« in 1938. But as the author of this uncensored biography reveals, the star was not quite who he seemed. One of Gable's best-kept secrets was his bisexuality. Bret recounts Gable's failed marriages to women who turned a blind eye toward his affairs with actors Earl ... Weiterlesen

Rob Epstein (R): The Celluloid Closet

USA 1995, engl.OF, dt.SF, dt.UT, 102 min., € 14.99
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Pro-fun
Was haben »Ben Hur« und »Laurel & Hardy« gemeinsam? Warum ist die Prügelei zwischen Montgomery Clift und John Wayne in »Red River« eine der erotischsten Szenen der Filmgeschichte? Die Antworten auf solche Fragen an die schwule Filmgeschichte gibt der Dokumentarfilm »The Celluloid Closet«. Die mehrfachen Oscar-Preisträger Epstein und Friedmann zeigen ihre Wahrnehmung von Lesben und Schwulen auf der Leinwand, durch ... Weiterlesen