Richard -- I agree with part of what you said in connection with both
DWW and Crash as follows:
"Awards are not entirely accomplishment based. They are frequently an
emotional response by the members of the Academy who are unable to
compartmentalize their emotions from their intellect, and so you get
results that are not necessarily in line with truly award-caliber
films." (RH)
Both DWW and Crash were films with worthy intentions and in my opinion
poor executions. The dialogue in Crash is ridiculous. Race is a tricky
subject. People don't really talk about race --- it's all in the
subtext. That's why the expression "You lie" screamed out by Joe Wilson
during a joint session of Congress meant a lot more than just those two
words. In Crash the subject of race was all in the text and this made
the dialogue and the characters totally unbelievable. DWW won the Oscar
because a) Kevin Cosner was the darling of Hollywood at the time and b)
it was time for an "honest" film about Native Americans even if this one
was bombastic and simplistic in its treatment of Native Americans.
But here we are talking about movies, when the subject was movie posters
and what they're worth today. Posters for the above two films are worth
nothing and if you doubt that, just check a database (Heritage's for
instance) to see what they fetch.
FRANC
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