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Andrea Weiss

A Bit of Scarlet

Director Andrea Weiss Composer John Eacott Cast Ian McKellen
Edition 1997
75' - 1996 - Documentary - Dialogue: English
Featuring five different Sherlock Holmeses, two Oscar Wildes and over 60 different films, Weiss’ very funny and ingeniously cross-edited documentary brings together queer and homophobic moments from six decades of British cinema. While her film is in effect a British companion piece to “The Celluloid Closet” which documented the sorry images of lesbians and gay men offered by a century of Hollywood cinema, Weiss takes a significantly different approach. Weiss’ clip-parade is organised thematically. She intercuts at lightning speed between films of different periods to construct a sense that certain stock scenarios and discourses have recurred across genres and decades. (Sight and Sound)

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Credits

Directors

Andrea Weiss

Composers

John Eacott

Cast

Ian McKellen

Scenario

Stuart Marshall

Director of Photography

Royston Edwards

Editors

Andrea Weiss

Producers

Rebecca Dobbs

Production studios

Maya Vision Productions

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Dialogue

English

Countries of production

United Kingdom

Year

1996