An often hilarious compilation of gay-themed scenes and characters culled from British films. Ian McKellen provides a droll and witty commentary to the wealth of clips, which include everything from Kenneth Williams dragged up in Carry On Constable to Beryl Reid and Susannah York in The Killing of Sister George. Captions describe the `rules' of portraying gays in cinema - such as `Your purpose in life is to disrupt the heterosexual plot' and - with more than a touch of irony given McKellen's voiceover - `Don't admit anything unless you're a big enough celebrity to get away with it'. Director Andrea Weiss has come up with an informative documentary that relishes the juxtaposition of related items, without being obsessed with political correctness. Sherlock Holmes fans will raise an eyebrow at Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce camping it up and there's a bizarre clip from the 1943 film This is the Army, in which Irving Berlin sings a tribute to `My English Buddy', backed by a group of soldiers with their arms around each other. One serious drawback - the lack of onscreen captions detailing where the clips come from. The title is a quote from gay British director Derek Jarman, `If you look the light of the world in the eyes, creation turns scarlet.'


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