Author of "Brokeback Mountain" slams Academy & "Crash"

WI_DEM

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Thu Mar-16-06 07:13 PM
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Author of "Brokeback Mountain" slams Academy & "Crash"

In Britian's Guardian, Annie Proulx referred to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters as "conservative heffalumps" and referred to "Crash" as "Trash", the Los Angeles Times reported today. "We should have known conservative heffalump academy voters would have a rather different ideas of what was stirring contemporary culture..."

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_433283.html

I've seen and enjoyed both films and "Crash" is not "trash", but Proulx is acting like a real sore loser.

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Elidor

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Thu Mar-16-06 07:16 PM
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1. Oooh, she's not bitter, noooooooooo

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Ediacara

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Thu Mar-16-06 07:17 PM
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2. I think Proulx is not just annoyed about BBM, but about all the others

Crash was not only the worst of the five nominated, it was one of the worst in 2005. It was amazingly juvenile and trite, was simply a rehash of a million other movies, and was beyond unbearable to watch.

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Swede

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Thu Mar-16-06 09:23 PM
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5. It was the best moive of 2005 IMHO.

Proulx is just expressing sour grapes.

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Ediacara

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Thu Mar-16-06 10:05 PM
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6. I guess we'll agree to disagree

And there may be sour grapes involved, but I can't think of a worse movie that came out last year than Crash. Utterly unwatchable.

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qanda

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Thu Mar-16-06 07:18 PM
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3. Wow! I just watched Crash last night

And I thought it was excellent. You're right, sounds like a sore loser to me.

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demosincebirth

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Thu Mar-16-06 09:15 PM
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4. I saw Crash and thought it was a very good movie

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