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A chronological look at films by, for, or about (or "by, for, and about") gays and lesbians in the United States... more | add synopsis
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Independent American Queer Cinema more (8 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Randy Barbato | ... | Himself |
| Dan Bucatinsky | ... | Himself |
| Jonathan Caouette | ... | Himself |
 | Ash Christian | ... | Himself |
| John Cooper | ... | Himself |
| Wilson Cruz | ... | Himself |
 | Alan Cumming | ... | Himself |
| Donna Deitch | ... | Herself |
| Arthur Dong | ... | Himself |
| Alonso Duralde | ... | Himself |
 | Marga Gómez | ... | Herself |
| Stephen Gutwillig | ... | Himself |
 | Todd Haynes | ... | Himself |
| Marcus Hu | ... | Himself |
 | Randy Jones | ... | Cowboy |
| Nina Landey | ... | Herself |
 | Ang Lee | ... | Himself |
| Jennie Livingston | ... | Herself |
 | Jane Lynch | ... | Herself |
 | Heather Matarazzo | ... | Herself |
 | Ian McKellen | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | John Cameron Mitchell | ... | Himself |
| Michael Musto | ... | Himself |
| Tommy O'Haver | ... | Himself |
 | Jenni Olson | ... | Herself |
 | Peter Paige | ... | Himself |
| Patrik-Ian Polk | ... | Himself |
| Billy Porter | ... | Himself |
| B. Ruby Rich | ... | Herself |
| Angela Robinson | ... | Herself |
| Don Roos | ... | Himself |
| James Schamus | ... | Himself |
| Michelangelo Signorile | ... | Himself |
| Rose Troche | ... | Herself |
 | Guinevere Turner | ... | Herself |
| Christine Vachon | ... | Herself |
 | Gus Van Sant | ... | Himself |
| Andy Warhol | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | John Waters | ... | Himself |
| Stephen Winter | ... | Himself |
| Alice Wu | ... | Herself |
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If this film were called "The Story of American Queer Cinema" I would give it a higher rating, although --as it has been written in other reviews-- it only covers a small sample of its subject in American cinema, mostly independent films from recent years. It is neither a work on self-representation by American gay independent filmmakers, since it also covers a few motion pictures made by heterosexual directors, who --with varying degrees of respect-- have worked with homosexual or lesbian stories and characters. The lack of references to significant mainstream titles as "Mädchen in Uniform" (1931) and the very bad "The Third Sex" (1957), both from Germany, the interesting British drama "Victim' (1961), Fassbinder's "Fox and His Friends" (1975), the very bourgeois parable "The Best Way to Walk" (1976) from France, the Mexican black comedy "Doña Herlinda and Her Son" (1985), or Wong Kar-Wai's dramatic "Happy Together" (1997), omits the different and many aspects of what it means to be homosexual or lesbian in other cultures, so we are left with what it means to be "gay" or "queer", one-dimensional terms that many persons from all over the world (including myself) seem reluctant to apply to themselves or anyone. In the end this omission affects the work, making it appear too light and shallow in terms of world contribution to cinematic representation of same-sex eroticism, even when a few of the testimonies and analysis of a couple of motion pictures make the documentary moderately interesting.