Now you see it. Studies on lesbian and gay film

This revised and updated new edition of Richard Dyer´s groundbreaking study of films by and about lesbians and gay men features an afterword by Julianne Pidduck, outlining developments in lesbian and gay cinema since 1990, including the rise of the "New Queer Cinema".
Now You See It examines familiar films such as "Mädchen in Uniform", "Un Chant d´Amour" and "Word is Out" in their lesbian or gay context, as well as bringing to light many other forgotten but remarkable films. Each film is discussed in relation to both film type and tradition and the sexual subculture in which it was made.
Now You See It is also a case study of the dynamics of lesbian and gay cultural production.These films were formed from the filmic and subcultural images, assumptions and styles avalaible to lesbian and gay men which both made the films possible and delimited the forms they could take and what they could say. Such processes of formation and deformation characterize all cultural production, but they carry a special charge for lesbians and gay men, seeking both to break free from and be heard in the languages of a homophobic society.