The View From Here: Conversations with Gay & Lesbian Filmmakers

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The first ever collection of interviews with gay and lesbian filmmakers. Discussing their medium in the post-Brokeback Mountain film landscape, world famous gay and lesbian directors and screenwriters talk about the Hollywood closet, studio homophobia and the development of a politicized queer film aesthetic. Interviewees include Pedro Almodovar (Volver), John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting).

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Matthew Hays is a Montreal-based journalist and film critic. He is a writer for the Montreal Mirror, and his articles have also appeared in The Globe & Mail, The New York Times, The Toronto Star, CBC ARts Online, and The Advocate. Hays also teaches courses in film studies, journalism, and communication studies at Concordia University in Montreal.