5.4Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema · 2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006) is a Documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg, starring B. Ruby Rich, John Waters, Jane Lynch.
Documentary
5.4Overview
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?
Cast
B. Ruby Rich, John Waters, Jane Lynch, Alan Cumming, Heather Matarazzo, Todd Haynes, Christine Vachon, John Cameron Mitchell
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What is "Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema" about?
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?
When was "Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema" released?
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema was released in 2006.
Who stars in "Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema"?
The cast includes B. Ruby Rich, John Waters, Jane Lynch, Alan Cumming.
