Here are some links for really good LGBT Film/Queer Theory analysis resources.
Harry Benshoff's "Queer Images," which documents the history of LGBT influences on film, TV, and popular culture:
http://www.amazon.com/Queer-Images-History-Lesbian-America/dp/0742519724
It's a little cheaper here:
http://product.half.ebay.com/Queer-Images-A-History-of-Gay-And-Lesbian-Film-in-America-by-Sean-Griffin-and-Harry-M-Benshoff-2005-Paperback/46605302&tg=info
And here's a film based on a book of the same name by Vito Russo, an LGBT activist, that gives a very broad account of Queer Theory but is a really entertaining introduction to the subject and has Susan Sarandon in it so obviously it's great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL_vrb4-6_0
And a few other books that are helpful and I own 'em so if you wanna borrow them shoot me an email:
http://books.google.com/books?id=MHq7AAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_similarbooks
http://www.amazon.com/Queer-Cinema-Film-Reader-Focus/dp/0415319870/ref=pd_sim_b_3
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ReplyDeleteAlso useful might be "Gender Trouble" by Judith Butler, the films of Barbara Hammer, Mickey Mahoney (http://www.mickeyraymahoney.com/ A professor of mine in Chicago, and trans filmmaker, you could probably e-mail him if you have questions), and the ever-infuriating Ryan Trecartin (http://vimeo.com/trecartin)
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