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moremojo:
Kerry, what a wonderful, eloquent letter! You expressed so well what so many of us have felt over this issue. I admit it, I have been an Oscar junkie for much of my life, but I'm going cold turkey off it beginning this year...I swear! Giving that flashy, slick PR spectacle any more of my time and energy would just be an insult to everything that Jack and Ennis and their enduring, haunting story represent.
I didn't quit the Oscars...the Oscars quit me!
injest:
Kerry you stated it perfectly....this movie has entered the popular consciousness..look at this year's Academy Awards promotional poster; where they use famous lines from movies...
They used lines from Brokeback Mountain and none from their own "Best Picture'!!
welcome to our new members I hope you find some comfort here..I know you will find friends!
Kerry:
--- Quote from: moremojo on January 09, 2007, 07:04:44 pm ---Kerry, what a wonderful, eloquent letter! You expressed so well what so many of us have felt over this issue. I admit it, I have been an Oscar junkie for much of my life, but I'm going cold turkey off it beginning this year...I swear! Giving that flashy, slick PR spectacle any more of my time and energy would just be an insult to everything that Jack and Ennis and their enduring, haunting story represent.
I didn't quit the Oscars...the Oscars quit me!
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I was very cross at the time! And I still am!!! >:(
I'll never again watch the Oscars!
P.S., I love your handle, "Amor Omnia." A related variety reads, "Omnia Vincit Amor" - "Love conquers all." So appropriate at this site, remembering our dear Jack and Ennis.
moremojo:
--- Quote from: Kerry on January 09, 2007, 08:02:17 pm ---P.S., I love your handle, "Amor Omnia."
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I'm glad you like it :D. I got it from an austere but great film from 1964 called Gertrud; this was the final work of the great Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. You might be interested to read this post I wrote last May 15th on this film, and how its themes relate to those of BBM:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,1520.msg26919.html#msg26919
ednbarby:
Well-said, Kerry, Scott and Jess. Yep - stick a fork in 'em - they're done.
And speaking of unforgettable lines from BBM and the complete lack thereof in Crash, can *anyone* remember a single one of the characters' names in the latter? I can't now, and I couldn't an hour after I saw it a year ago.
What a travesty.
And I'm not cross. I'm pissed off. >:( ;)
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