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 | The L Word: Welcome to Our Planet | The popular Showtime series about a group of lesbians living in LA has become a genuine cultural phenomenon since its debut in 2004. The San Francisco Chronicle declared it "a superb television series. . . The cast is wonderful, the writing impressive, and it has a lure that is undeniable," while People magazine raved, "The L Word is HOT." Now, here is the official guide to this groundbreaking show, featuring more than 250 behind-the-scenes photos and all-new interviews with the show's cast, crew, and creators. With sections focusing on the main characters, the episodes, the styles, and loaded with fun sidebars that decode the show's trademark teaser openers and rank the hottest sex scenes, The L Word: Welcome to Our Planet is a no-holds-barred look at the show and the world behind it. The book's exclusive, insider access will reveal: - What it's like for a straight actress to film a lesbian sex scene - The favorite moments of the show's stars and creators - How an episode i... | ||
| Kera Bolonik | ||||
| 2006 | ||||
| Lesbian, Television | ||||
| Book#: FTVM001 | ||||
 | Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud | Bette Davis and Joan Crawford: two of the deadliest arch-rivals of all time. Born in the same year (though Davis swore 'Crawford is five years older than me if she's a day'), the two fought bitterly throughout their long and brilliant Hollywood careers. Joan became a star first, which always irked her rival, who suggested her success had come via the casting couch. 'It sure as hell beats the hard cold floor' was Crawford's scathing response. According to Davis, Crawford was not only a nymphomaniac but also 'vain, jealous and about as stable and trustworthy as a basket of snakes'. Crawford, in turn, accused Davis of stealing her glory and planning to destroy her. The two rivals fought over as many men as they did parts - when Bette fell in love with her co-star in DANGEROUS, Franchot Tone, Joan stepped in and married him. The women worked together only once, in the classic thriller WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, in which their violent hatred of each other as rival sisters was no act. | ||
| Shaun Considine | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| Film/Cinema | ||||
| Book#: FTVM002 | ||||
 | Queer As Folk: The Scripts | "Queer as Folk" is the story of three gay guys, their families and friends. The exploits of Stuart, Vince and Nathan covered many of the thornier problems in life, such as cleaning up your loft apartment after a wild party, how you should react when your mum wants to come clubbing with you, and the perils of being the ultimate social outcast - a Doctor Who fan. This title contains the complete unexpurgated scripts from the first series, and includes scenes that were never transmitted. | ||
| Russell T. Davies | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| Gay, Television | ||||
| Book#: FTVM003 | ||||
 | Glam!: Bowie, Bolan and the Glitter Rock Revolution | An account of pop music's glam rock era in the early-1970s, characterized by visual excess and bisexuality. The book is based on interviews with exponents such as David Bowie, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop. | ||
| Barney Hoskyns | ||||
| 1998 | ||||
| Bisexual, Music | ||||
| Book#: FTVM004 | ||||
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| Outhouse East Library | 2 / 3 | |||
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 | Up in the Air: Collected Film Scripts | Derek Jarman was one of our most celebrated artists - painter, poet, film-maker - and the author of many books. The film scripts collected here for the first time - including "Akenaten", "Jubilee", "Bob-Up-A-Down", "B Movie: Little England/A Time of Hope", "Neutron" and "Sod 'Em" - confirm Derek Jarman's reputation as Britain's leading independent film-maker. | ||
| Derek Jarman | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| Film/Cinema | ||||
| Book#: FTVM005 | ||||
 | Mrs. Slocombe's Pussy: Growing Up in Front of the Telly | For most of us, sitting in our living rooms looking for an excuse not to talk to each other of a Thursday night, a million million miles away from moon landings and Cold War tension and Third World famine, it is the addiction to a little flickering box in the corner that has shaped our lives since the late 1950s. In this personal tribute to teleheaven, Stuart Jeffries explores the way in which our lives have been coloured by looking at the world through the cathode ray tube; how the historical markers of late 20th century Britain have been, not wars and treaties, coronations and abdications, executions and pardons, but Noel Edmond's beard, Angela Rippon's legs, and, if you're free, Mrs Slocombe's pussy. | ||
| Stuart Jeffries | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| History, Television | ||||
| Book#: FTVM005.01 | ||||
 | Images in the Dark: Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video | This work documents the influence of gays and lesbians in the film world. Some people know about the artier side of gay cinema or that Rock Hudson was gay, but few people know that gay men directed movies like "Dirty Dancing", "The China Syndrome", or "Marathon Man". This book includes chapters such as Queer, Lesbian, Gay Male, Transgender, Camp, and Honourable and Dishonourable Mentions. It is fully indexed and cross-referenced. | ||
| Raymond Murray | ||||
| 1998 | ||||
| Culture, Film/Cinema, Gay, Lesbian, Queer, Television, Transgender | ||||
| Book#: FTVM006 | ||||
 | Sacred Monsters, Sacred Masters | Known for his award-winning biography of Picasso, who befriended the author in the 1950s, this title consists of curious and creative figures Richardson encountered since that time. Subjects include monstrous art collector Dr. Barnes of Philedelphia, the Sitwells, Dali and Lucian Freud. | ||
| John Richardson | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| Art/Photography, Culture | ||||
| Book#: FTVM007 | ||||
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 | The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies Revised Edition | Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "an impressive study," The Celluloid Closet is Vito Russo's definitive, highly acclaimed, landmark work on the portrayal of homosexuals in film. In this updated and revised edition, film scholar Russo documents in lively, provocative style over 300 movies from 80 years of filmmaking, from the films of the '20s in which Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel camped about in drag through the movies of the '80s, a colourful and revolutionary time in American cinema. By tracing a disturbing evolution of movie homosexuals, Russo demonstrates Hollywood's consistent refusal to portray lesbians and gay men - when it portrayed them at all - as anything but one-dimensional characters, alien to the American dream. In this updated edition, he documents also the recent turning point in the depiction of gays on screen. Written with incisive wit and often searing perception, The Celluloid Closet is a comprehensive, exhaustive, and endlessly fascinating book. | ||
| Vito Russo | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| Culture, Film/Cinema, Gay, Lesbian | ||||
| Book#: FTVM008 | ||||
 | Rock on the Wild Side: Gay Male Images in Popular Music of the Rock Era | What #1 hit by Elvis Presley contained a blatant suggestion of male-male sex - 'way back in 1957? Which Beatles songs allude to homosexuality? Can you name the two Top 20 hits about drag queens? What smash from 1974 has been called "the greatest gay love song ever written"? Which popular rock songs are tainted by homophobia? Which country songs refer to gay people? And who are some of the openly gay performers who've succeeded in the world of rock music? The answers to these and countless other fascinating questions can be found in Rock on the Wild Side, an entertaining and informative look at more than 200 songs of the "Rock Era" that describe gay men or express various attitudes about gayness. Your record, tape or CD collection may never sound quite the same again. | ||
| Wayne Studer | ||||
| 1994 | ||||
| Culture, Gay, Music | ||||
| Book#: FTVM009 | ||||
 | Immortal, Invisible: Lesbians and the Moving Image | Immortal, Invisible: Lesbians and the Moving Image is the first collection to bring together leading film-makers, academics and activists to discuss films by, for and about lesbians and queer women. The contributors debate the practice of lesbian and queer film-making, from the queer cinema of Monika Treut to the work of lesbian film-makers Andrea Weiss and Greta Schiller. They explore the pleasures and problems of lesbian spectatorship, both in mainstream Hollywood films including Aliens and Red Sonja, and in independent cinema from She Must be Seeing Things to Salmonberries and Desert Hearts. The authors tackle tricky questions: can a film such as Strictly Ballroom be both pleasurably camp and heterosexist? Is it ok to drool over dyke icons like Sigourney Weaver and kd lang? What makes a film lesbian, or queer, or even post-queer? What about showing sex on screen? And why do lesbian screen romances hardly ever have happy endings? Immortal, Invisible is splendidly illustrated with a s... | ||
| Tamsin Wilton | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| Culture, Film/Cinema, Lesbian | ||||
| Book#: FTVM010 | ||||
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