Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)
Documents the history of gays and lesbians in Hollywood films.
81 min
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?
- Release date
- February 12, 2006
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Ari Gold, Billy Porter
Cast
- Randy Barbato as Self
- Dan Bucatinsky as Self
- Jonathan Caouette as Self
- Ash Christian as Self
- John Cooper as Self
- Wilson Cruz as Self
- Alan Cumming as Self
- Donna Deitch as Self
- Arthur Dong as Self
Crew
- Divine · Archive footage
- Lisa Ades · Director
- Lesli Klainberg · Director
- Lisa Ades · Producer
- Lesli Klainberg · Producer
- Ari Gold · Composer
- Billy Porter · Composer
- Ruben O'Malley · Cinematographer
- John Pirozzi · Cinematographer
- Rachel Reichman · Editor