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The bent lens : a world guide to gay & lesbian film / [edited] by Lisa Daniel & Claire Jackson.
LIBRA PN1995.9.H55 B45 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Catalogs.
- Motion pictures.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 576 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition, first U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : Alyson Books, 2003.
- Summary:
- Spanning gay and lesbian filmmaking from 1914 through present day, The Bent Lens showcases 2300 titles from 45 countries, including feature films, documentaries and short films. In addition to a synopsis of each film, other details included are cast, writer, director, genre, year of release, running time and even distributor contact details. All films are listed in an easy-to-read A-Z format, but each film is also indexed by country, director and genre. The Bent Lens: 2nd Edition also includes essays from experts Judith Halberstam, Barbara Hammer, Helen Hok-Sze Leung and Daniel Mudic Cunningham exploring gay and lesbian film traditions and how gay identity is viewed in Western and non-Western cultures. And finally, this remarkable guide includes a complete listing of gay and lesbian film festivals around the world, making The Bent Lens a must for all film and video aficionados.- Features more than 200 black-and-white photographs.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Delphine Okie Richardson Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1555838065
- OCLC:
- 50696593
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