Kenneth Turan (of the L.A. Times) sums up the way I feel in an excellent article on just why “Crash” bested “Brokeback Mountain” at the Oscars.
Kenneth Turan (of the L.A. Times) sums up the way I feel in an excellent article on just why “Crash” bested “Brokeback Mountain” at the Oscars.
Thanks for pointing out this link.
amen.
Interesting article, but the bit about Crash being “manipulative” bothered me. Manipulative as opposed to what… all those films that AREN’T? All narrative film (hell, narrative ANYTHING) is by definition manipulative. Brokeback included.