How long does it take to read The Celluloid Closet?
Homosexuality in the Movies
Vito Russo
The Celluloid Closet by Vito Russo takes about 6 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 329 pages, about 90,475 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "an impressive study" and written with incisive wit and searing perception--the definitive, highly acclaimed landmark work on the portrayal of homosexuality in film.
Subjects: Homosexuality in motion pictures, Homoseksualiteit, Filmkunst, Gay men in films, Lesbians in films, History
