The Celluloid Closet

***The Celluloid Closet*** je dokumentarni film baziran na istoimenoj knjizi Vita Russoa. Film su režirali Rob Epstein i Jeffrey Friedman. Russo je ispitivao kao su filmovi, posebno u Hollywoodu, prikazivali gej, lezbejske, biseksualne i transrodne likove.

Film sadrži intervjue sa osobama povezanim sa Hollywoodom o njihovom ličnom iskustvu vezanim za prikazivanje LGBT likova na filmu. Film, takođe, sadrži odlomke iz filmova.

Sam Russo je želeo da pomogne i sarađivao je na filmu sve do svoje smrti 1990. godine. Neki kritičari primećuju da je film manje političan od knjige i da ima pozitivniji ton. Russo je, međutim, želeo da film bude zabavan i da prikaže pozitivne promene koje su se desile tokom 1990-ih.

## Uticaj

Russo je jedan od privih ljudi koji je ispitivao uticaj koji popularna kultura ima na oblikovanje svesti i stavova društva o seksualnoj orijentaciji i rodnom identitetu. Započeo je niz istraživanja na filmovima, televizijskim emisijama, stripovima i sl. koje prikazuju LGBT osobe.

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) dodeljuje godišnju nagradu nazvanu po Russou – Nagrada Vito Russo. Ova nagrada se dodeljuje LGBT medijskim ličnostima koje doprinose svojim radom u borbi protiv homofobije.

## Intervjuisane ličnosti

Sledeće ličnosti su učestvovale u snimanju filma:

* Lily Tomlin (naratorka)
* Tony Curtis 
* Susie Bright 
* Arthur Laurents 
* Armistead Maupin
* Whoopi Goldberg 
* Jan Oxenberg 
* Harvey Fierstein 
* Quentin Crisp 
* Richard Dyer 
* Jay Presson Allen 
* Mrs. Gustav Ketterer 
* Gore Vidal 

* Will H. Hays 
* Farley Granger 
* Paul Rudnick 
* Shirley MacLaine 
* Barry Sandler 
* Mart Crowley 
* Antonio Fargas 
* Tom Hanks 
* Ron Nyswaner 
* Daniel Melnick 
* Harry Hamlin 
* John Schlesinger 
* Susan Sarandon

## Korišćeni filmovi

Scene iz sledećih filmova su korišćene u dokumentarcu:

* *[[The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert]]* (1994)
* *[[Advise and Consent (film)|Advise and Consent]]* (1962)
* *[[Another Country (play)|Another Country]]* (1983)
* *[[A View from the Bridge]]* (1962)
* *[[Basic Instinct]]* (1992)
* *[[Ben-Hur (1959)|Ben-Hur]]* (1959)
* *[[The Boys in the Band]]* (1970)
* *[[Boys on the Side]]* (1995) 
* *[[Bride of Frankenstein]]* (1935)
* *[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]* (1969)
* *[[Cabaret (film)|Cabaret]]* (1972)
* *[[Calamity Jane (1953 film)|Calamity Jane]]* (1953)
* *[[Car Wash (film)|Car Wash]]* (1976)
* *[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (film)|Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]* (1958)
* *[[The Children's Hour (film)|The Children's Hour]]* (1961)
* *[[The Color Purple (film)|The Color Purple]]* (1985)
* *[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]* (1980)
* *[[The Crying Game]]* (1992)
* *[[Desert Hearts]]* (1985)
* *[[The Detective (film)|The Detective]]* (1968)
* *[[The Dickson Experimental Sound Film|Dickson Experimental Sound Film]]* (1895)
* *[[Dressed to Kill (1980 film)|Dressed to Kill]]* (1980) 
* *[[The Fan (1981 film)|The Fan]]* (1981)
* *[[The Fox (1967 film)|The Fox]]* (1967)
* *[[Freebie and the Bean]]* (1974)
* *[[Fried Green Tomatoes (film)|Fried Green Tomatoes]]* (1991)
* *[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]* (1953)
* *[[Gilda]]* (1946) 
* *[[Go Fish (film)|Go Fish]]* (1994)
* *[[The Hours and Times]]* (1991)
* *[[The Hunger]]* (1983) 
* *[[In a Lonely Place]]* (1950)
* *[[Johnny Guitar]]* (1954)
* *[[The Living End (film)|The Living End]]* (1992)
* *[[Lianna]]* (1983)

* *[[Longtime Companion]]* (1990)
* *[[Lover Come Back]]* (1961)
* *[[Making Love]]* (1982)
* *[[Midnight Cowboy]]* (1969)
* *[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]* (1978)
* *[[My Beautiful Laundrette]]* (1985)
* *[[My Own Private Idaho]]* (1991)
* *[[Next Stop, Greenwich Village]]* (1976)
* *[[Night Shift (film)|Night Shift]]* (1982)
* *[[Parting Glances]]* (1986)
* *[[Personal Best]]* (1982)
* *[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]] * (1993)
* *[[Pillow Talk]]* (1959)
* *[[Poison (film)|Poison]]* (1991)
* *[[Rebecca (film)|Rebecca]]* (1940)
* *[[Rebel Without a Cause]]* (1955) 
* *[[Red River (film)|Red River]]* (1948)
* *[[Rope (film)|Rope]]* (1948)
* *[[The Silence of the Lambs]]* (1991)
* *[[Some Like It Hot]]* (1959)
* *[[Spartacus (1960 film)|Spartacus]]* (1960)
* *[[Suddenly, Last Summer (film)|Suddenly, Last Summer]]* (1959)
* *[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]* (1971)
* *[[Swoon (film)|Swoon]]* (1992)
* *[[Tea and Sympathy]]* (1956)
* *[[Teen Wolf]]* (1985) 
* *[[Thelma & Louise]]* (1991)
* *[[Torch Song Trilogy]]* (1988)
* *[[Vanishing Point]]* (1970)
* *[[Victim (film)|Victim]]* (1961)
* *[[Walk on the Wild Side (film)|Walk on the Wild Side]]* (1962)
* *[[The Watermelon Woman]]* (1995)
* *[[The Wedding Banquet]]* (1993)
* *[[Thunderbolt and Lightfoot]]* (1974)
* *[[Windows (film)|Windows]]* (1980)
* *[[Wings (film)|Wings]]* (1927)
* *[[Wonder Bar]]* (1934)

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