“Vito,” October 17, 2014, DVD. There is much to recommend this documentary story of Vito Russo, author of The Celluloid Closet. An early and standout gay activist, he succumbed to AIDS in 1991. He was a founder of Act UP!, he figured in the major opening of gay life in post-Stonewall 1970s NYC and San Francisco. Interviews with friends and family paint an essentially flawless person. I’d. have liked a more textured piece but this is very much about building an iconic hero, which he was, for future generations to learn from