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QUEER FILM CLASSICS is an ambitious film book series that launched in 2009; the series
will cover twenty-one of the most important and influential films about and by LGBTQ people, made in eight different countries between 1950 and 2005, written by leading LGBTQ film scholars and critics. The series will unspool at the rate of three new titles each year until 2015.
The Queer Film Classics are edited by two of Canada’s leading queer film critics, Thomas Waugh and Matthew Hays, both Arsenal Pulp
authors and affiliated with Concordia University in Montreal. “We’re elated with the amazing quality of the contributors and the fascinating variety of the films which will be part of the series,” Hays says. “I know this will make a terrific contribution
not only to the burgeoning field of queer film studies but also to moving images culture as a whole.”
Waugh adds: “There’s something stirring about this project that brings together several generations of queer artists and
writers—and onscreen characters!—in this extended trans-historical, trans-identity family. Some of my favorite films of all time are in the lineup and are going to find a new audience through this initiative. I’m glad we’re able to include documentary and experimental films as well as mainstream features, since they have played key roles in the growth of our cultures and communities.”
Titles in the QFC series, both available and projected:
2009:
Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon, USA, 1998) by Noah Tsika
Law of Desire (Pedro Almodovar, Spain, 1987) by Jose Quiroga
Trash (Paul Morrissey, USA, 1970) by Jon Davies
2010:
Farewell My Concubine (Chen Kaige, China, 1993) by Helen Hok-Sze Leung
Montreal Main (Frank Vitale, Canada, 1974) by Thomas Waugh and Jason Garrison
Fire (Deepa Mehta, Canada/India, 1996) by Shohini Ghosh
2011:
Visconti/Venice: Senso and Death in Venice (Luchino Visconti, Italy, 1954/1971) by Will Aitken
Zero Patience (John Greyson, Canada, 1993) by Wendy G. Pearson
Word Is Out (Mariposa collective, USA, 1977) by Greg Youmans
2012:
Female Trouble (John Waters, USA, 1974) by Chris Holmlund
Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, USA, 1990) by Lucas Hilderbrand
Ma vie en rose (Alain Berliner, Belgium, 1997) by Chantal Nadeau
2013:
Before Stonewall/After Stonewall (Greta Schiller, USA, 1985/1989) by Ross Higgins
Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1951) by Jonathan Goldberg
L.A. Plays Itself (Fred Halsted, USA, 1972) by Cindy Patton
2014:
C.R.A.Z.Y. (Jean-Marc Vallée, Canada, 2005) by Robert Schwartzwald
Arabian Nights (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy, 1974) by Michael Moon
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (Patricia Rozema, Canada, 1987) by Julia Mendenhall
2015:
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (Lynn Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman, Canada, 1992) by Gerda Cammaer and Jean Bruce
Manila by Night (Ishmael Bernal, Philippines, 1980) by Joel David
Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger, USA, 1963) by Robert Cagle
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