Hi guys,
Just wanted to comment:
George Stevens, Jr. was on the Diane Rehm show today, hawking his new book of interviews with directors of the "golden age" of Hollywood. Towards the end of the hour, Diane cited an email from a listener still upset at Brokeback Mountain's loss of best picture Oscar to Crash, and could Stevens comment on that. He gave a bland "five strong, independent films..." response. Diane pressed him on the depiction of homosexuality in the movie and the topic in Hollywood in general. He acknowledged that, while the film "got made" (showing that some part of Hollywood is ready), film studios are owned by GE and TimeWarner and gigantic corporations with ultimately conservative values... or something. He seems like a reasonably thoughtful guy but not exceptionally so.
I give Diane credit for pressing the issue at least a little bit -- for reading the email, in fact.
Anyone else hear it?
By the way hi hi hi. I'm here, I'm queer (the old-fashioned sense of odd), I love ya!
