There is a ground roots movement with Stephen Farmer's column joining in the NYT calendar of movie critics who are not happy with AMPAS. Maybe they should shift around the letters to spell
BTW, here's the panel at AFI which did include "Crash" in the top ten films awarded at the AFI ceremony, and, of course also "Brokeback Mountain."
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Robert G. Rehme
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Chair, AFI Awards Jury for Motion Pictures
Martha Coolidge
Director
David Denby
The New Yorker
Anna Everett
University of California, Santa Barbara
Norman Jewison
Director/Producer
Tom Pollock
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Jay Roach
Director/Producer
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
Vivian Sobchack
University of California, Los Angeles
AFI Board of Trustees
David Thomson
Film Historian
Kenneth Turan
The Los Angeles Times
Stephen Ujlaki
San Francisco State University
Laura Ziskin
Producer
Kenneth Turan was the LA Times film critic who lambasted the Academy for picking "Crash" over "Brokeback." It is still politics that, if you are a member, "Brokeback" is number one.
Ah, Mr. Wizard. Come on; admit it; You're disappointed that Brokeback didn't win, right? So that's your latent bias surfacing. Actually, buddy, I think now that I will have to watch that cowboy movie, and if it makes me cry, I'm sending you a bill for the paper hankies.
It was very, very close and the practice of distributing the awards around so each film is honored has happened before. I don't believe there would have been as many people dissapointed if "Crash" hadn't won. You'll be able to see "Brokeback" on DVD in a few days. "King Kong" also got three Oscars.
So that's your latent bias surfacing. Actually, buddy, I think now that I will have to watch that cowboy movie, and if it makes me cry, I'm sending you a bill for the paper hankies.
