- Homosexuality in motion pictures, Homoseksualiteit, Filmkunst, Gay men in films
Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "an impressive study" and written with incisive wit and searing perception--the definitive, highly acclaimed landmark work on the portrayal of homosexuality in film.
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Classical in form, earnest, spare and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Vito Russo
- First published
- 1981
- Pages
- 329
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, costa & nolan, Bruno Gmünder
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English, German, Italian
- ISBN
- 9780060961329
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First sentence
“Nobody likes a sissy.”
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