Outrage (2009)
May. 8th, 2009 06:07 am
A monument in Washington as seen in “Outrage,” a documentary by Kirby Dick about politics and homosexuality.
Secret Lives in the Age of Gay Rights
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: May 8, 2009
With horror-movie music and stark white-on-gray titles, “Outrage” promises to illuminate a “brilliant conspiracy” that protects the secret lives of some powerful politicians while ensuring that the rights and interests of ordinary gay and lesbian Americans remain marginal. The choice of the word conspiracy may be deliberately provocative, but this indignant and methodical new documentary, directed by Kirby Dick, offers a lot of insight into the ideology and psychology of present-day political homophobia. More