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Out, outrageous, provocative, and proud, this comprehensive anthology and library resource reviews 500 of the best of Hollywood's output of gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgendered, and queer questioning films, with a special emphasis on how gays changed the movies we know and love. Conceived as a working guide to what viewers should stock within their DVD queues, it reviews everything from blockbusters to indie sleepers, with about a dozen special features discussing the ironies, betrayals, subterfuge, and gossip of who, what, and how it happened when the film world's closet doors slowly creaked open beginning in 1960.

This award-winning book has received the following accolades:

Honorable Mention (First Runner-up) from the 2010 Los Angeles Book Festival

Honorable Mention (First Runner-up) from the 2010 New England Book Festival

Nominated for Best GLBT Nonfiction Book of the year by the IBPA's Ben Franklin Awards

Nominated as Foreword Review's 2010 Book of the Year in the category of Drama and the Performing Arts

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Blood Moon Productions; 12th edition (May 16, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1936003090
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1936003099
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.13 x 1.07 x 10.1 inches
Reviewer: William Studer, Esq.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: 50 Years of Queer Cinema by Darwin Porter
Review: This book was recommended to me by an erudite man who is never wrong! Again, he has proved himself to be quite right as I enjoyed the book immensely. It is a comprehensive guide to gay-themed films of the last 50 years, a one-of-a-kind type of book you will want to have on the library table at the ready to check a title or actor whom you have seen or wish to see. What is more is there are many films even without a gay theme where the actors are playing to a gay audience. Hollywood actors and actresses know very well that the gay audience is the most loyal and loving of an actor's fan-base and give them their money's worth: who doesn't immediately find Marlon Brando utterly fascinating in 'Streetcat'. You will see my point when you fetch yourself a copy of this book.

Reviewer: Harvey87
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Just okay
Review: A good idea but poorly written.

Reviewer: Bradley Wood
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: fast service
Review: nice bk & tons of reviews.....

Reviewer: C. Alfred Santillo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I'd recommend this work to anyone wishing to explore this medium
Review: A very authoritative compendium of gay and lesbian film, and the historical development of this genre. I'd recommend this work to anyone wishing to explore this medium. Well done and thoroughly researched. Thanks.

Reviewer: Jeff
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: 50 Years of Queer Cinema
Review: Very interesting book with great pictures and info. I would recommend this book highly to those that enjoy this genre of cinema.

Reviewer: John A. Presutti
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: great book...

Reviewer: Rgkinski
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Welllll......
Review: 500 films and Parallel Sons was left out? I hope the next edition comes out soon and corrects this oversight. I'm sure it's not the only great SGL film to be left out of this collection. And, to watch 500 films at an average of 90-120 minutes per, does suggest a heck of a lot of eye strain.My other criticism is how misleading some of the selections are. Deliverance - queer cinema?Anyway, please rent Parallel Sons, unless you really hate movies featuring hot, strawberry-blond dreadlocked, ebony/ivory criminal lovers on the run, and sleeping bag cuddling behind a roaring camp fire. Plus a wonderfully-rendered identity crisis by the breathtakingly beautiful Gabriel Mann. And Laurence Mason ain't no slouch in the looks department, either. The film features his hindquarters twice.

Reviewer: Book buyer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Most Entertaining Film Guide Ever
Review: I purchase and read film guides, enjoying the critical appraisal of cinematic efforts. Most of them are rather dry, even pretentious. At long last I've found a guide to cinema that I could read cover to cover, like a novel. It is utterly fascination.Queer Cinema shows not just gays and lesbians on the screen, but provides a window on an evolving culture fighting for its place in the sun. Seemingly, there has been a film made about every aspect of the gay, world, and I was amazed at the variety of subjects previewed, dramas from Britain and America (of course), but also from such countries as China, India, Israel, and Korea.Many subjects are serious and deal with the mystery of human sexual behavior (Kinsey, for example), but others are strictly for fun (P.S. You Cat Is Dead). I not only expanded my horizons by reading this book, but had a good time doing so.Highly Recommended.

Reviewer: Mercedes
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Good anthology in terms of its thoroughness of english titles. However I was expecting more of a description and better movie review quality- it comes short. Also not much of a good reference book for anything that is not in english: USA or british. Dissappointed from those two point of view.

Reviewer: R H Warwick
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: You can read this book as a book or you can just dip in and out. Its quite a big book,and it needs some time to get from the first to the end. You might have a few things in this book that you did not know. If you love films and love certain people getting trashedthen this is the book for you.

Reviewer: Cats
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Das ansprechende Cover ist hier leider irreführend: Wer hofft, ein fundiertes Nachschlagewerk zu schwul-lesbischen Filmen, womöglich aufwendig farbig bebildert, auf hochwertigem Papier und mit überzeugenden Inhaltsangaben sowie aussagekräftigen Kritiken zu erhalten, wird bitter enttäuscht werden. "50 Years of Queer Cinema" ist komplett in schwarz-weiß gehalten, das Papier billig, die Aufmachung erschreckend uninspiriert, uninteressant und eintönig.Man hat zudem den Eindruck, das unter großen Zeitdruck gearbeitet wurde, denn die inhaltliche Qualität der Texte schwankt stark. Teilweise wirkt es, als habe es aufgrund des begrenzten Platzes nicht die Möglichkeit gegeben, den Text zu einem Film wenigstens fertig zu schreiben, denn er hört einfach mit dem Seitenende auf.Jeweils drei Filme werden pro Seite in drei gleich langen Spalten präsentiert. Das allein zeigt schon, dass die Autoren den vorgestellten Filmen nicht gerecht werden können, denn die Textmenge sollte nach inhaltlicher Tiefe, Anspruch und Bedeutsamkeit eines Film variieren. Zu manchen Werken kann, muss und sollte einfach mehr gesagt werden als zu anderen. Auch Stil und Ton bewegen sich auf eher flachem Level. Man hat nicht einmal Lust, in diesem Buch zu blättern.Ein Fehlkauf, trotz des attraktiv scheinenden Preises.

Reviewer: dzcymru
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Very good.