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Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

(2006)

Documentary

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1hrs 22m

Overview

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?

Score

57

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B. Ruby Rich as Self

B. Ruby Rich

** Self

John Waters as Self

John Waters

** Self

Jane Lynch as Self

Jane Lynch

** Self

Alan Cumming as Self

Alan Cumming

** Self

Heather Matarazzo as Self

Heather Matarazzo

** Self

Todd Haynes as Self

Todd Haynes

** Self

Christine Vachon as Self

Christine Vachon

** Self

John Cameron Mitchell as Self

John Cameron Mitchell

** Self

Rose Troche as Self

Rose Troche

** Self

Ang Lee as Self

Ang Lee

** Self

Marga Gómez as Self

Marga Gómez

** Self

Gus Van Sant as Self

Gus Van Sant

** Self

Guinevere Turner as Self

Guinevere Turner

** Self

Dan Bucatinsky as Self

Dan Bucatinsky

** Self

Angela Robinson as Self

Angela Robinson

** Self

Jonathan Caouette as Self

Jonathan Caouette

** Self

Jennie Livingston as Self

Jennie Livingston

** Self

Ash Christian as Self

Ash Christian

** Self

Nina Landey as Self

Nina Landey

** Self

Peter Paige as Self

Peter Paige

** Self

Jenni Olson as Self

Jenni Olson

** Self

Billy Porter as Self

Billy Porter

** Self

Alice Wu as Self

Alice Wu

** Self

Wilson Cruz as Self

Wilson Cruz

** Self

Donna Deitch as Self

Donna Deitch

** Self

Don Roos as Self

Don Roos

** Self

Patrik-Ian Polk as Self

Patrik-Ian Polk

** Self

James Schamus as Self

James Schamus

** Self

Alonso Duralde as Self

Alonso Duralde

** Self

Tommy O'Haver as Self

Tommy O'Haver

** Self

Randy Barbato as Self

Randy Barbato

** Self

Arthur Dong as Self

Arthur Dong

** Self

Marcus Hu as Self

Marcus Hu

** Self

Michael Musto as Self

Michael Musto

** Self

Stephen Winter as Self

Stephen Winter

** Self

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