The Celluloid Closet (1996)

 Documentary on the history of the portrayal of homosexuals in American film (often coded) from the 1890's (yes they have an example from that far back) to the 1990's. Pretty significant film, I remember when this came out and the backlash to just making a movie that talked about the subject. I remember being offended at the time, thinking this a movie trying to insert homosexuality into classic Hollywood films, when in fact it was their the whole time. (Turns out there is a whole seperat documentary on gays in films just during the code era of the mid 30's to 1950's.) Looking at where Hollywood was in the 1990's to now, remarkable change in just a quarter century, though more so I think on television then movies. Lily Tomlin narrates, ironically she had not come out yet. ***1/2