Andrea Weiss · GB 1997 · E/d · 70 min
Documentary
«A Bit of Scarlet» excavates clips from Britain's cinema archives to create a moving and humorous testament to the closeted gay and lesbian images from filmmaking's earliest days. The film reveals to what lengths the film industry went to include and yet ridicule gay and transgender characters: A telling post-modern look at British queer cinema. With Ian McKellen as narrator.
ZU DIESEM SPECIAL GEHÖREN:
- Lecture: «Immoral, Brutalizing and Otherwise Scandalous Films»
- Panel discussion: «Homosexuality and Film censorship»
- Feature film: «Vingarne»
- Documentary: «The Celluloid Closet»
- Feature film: «Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt»
- Feature film: «Pink Flamingos»
