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Gay Directors, Gay Films? Pedro Almodóvar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, John Waters
By Levy, Emanuel
- ISBN
- 9780231152761 9780231152778 9780231526531
- Publisher
- Columbia Univ.
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Reviewed on August 1, 2015 | Arts and Humanities
What effect does sexual orientation have on the careers and output of gay male directors? In this title, Levy (film & sociology, New York Univ.; Vincente Minelli) takes advantage of his extensive experience as a former Variety critic to address this question, focusing on five openly gay directors whose credentials collectively span 70 films and four decades: Pedro Almodóvar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, and John Waters. Using a mixtu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
