Al Pacino plays an undercover cop looking for a serial killer prowling New York’s gay bars. No, surprisingly, it is not a metaphor for AIDS.

AKA “the movie that had 40 minutes cut out, none of it plot relevant; which James Franco then made a porno out of.”

The Hanky Code 

The Celluloid Closet

Content warning for discussion of homophobia and transphobia.

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