Out of the Past.

Author: Emanuel Levy
Date: Feb. 9, 1998
From: Variety(Vol. 369, Issue 13)
Publisher: PME Holdings, LLC d/b/a Variety Media LLC
Document Type: Movie review
Length: 541 words
Article Preview :

(DOCU)

Produced by Jeff Dupre. Executive producer, Andrew Tobias. Co-producers, Eliza Byard, Michelle Ferrari.

Directed by Jeff Dupre. Screenplay, Michelle Ferrari. Camera (B&W/color, 16mm), Buddy Squires; editors, George O'Donnell. Toby Shimin; music, Matthias Gohl; associate producer, Kevin Jennings. Reviewed at Sundance Film Festival (competing), Jan. 16, 1998. Running time: 64 MIN.

With: Stephen Spinella, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cherry Jones, Edward Norton, Leland Gantt.

Relevant and informative, Jeff Dupre's aptly titled "Out of the Past" explores the crucial link between the knowledge of history and the knowledge of self. Tracing the emergence of gay and lesbian consciousness in American history through the eyes of a courageous female adolescent, docu centers on the latter's creation of a Gay- Straight Alliance in a Utah high school that became a hot political issue in 1996. One-hour running time presents some...

Source Citation

Levy, Emanuel. "Out of the Past." Variety, vol. 369, no. 13, 9 Feb. 1998, p. 72. link.gale.com/apps/doc/A20520890/AONE?u=gale&sid=bookmark-AONE. Accessed 9 July 2026.

Gale Document Number: GALE|A20520890