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...BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Ang Lee, Director...
...discriminated-against minority find a few moments of happiness in a more repressive America before tragedy claims them. Now, in a somewhat more enlightened era, we are made to feel pity and even a touch of terror for them. Shrewdly positioned as a romance rather than a message movie, Brokeback comes at us quietly. We really like these guys--one rough-hewn and silent, the other eager and somewhat unformed--and the picture's unforced, almost casual realization keeps us sympathetically involved with them even when their fates lead them into uncharted territory...
...aware that initially "people hated the politics of it, hated what I was saying and hated the filmmaking," and he doesn't believe that the more positive word of mouth that developed later will be able to overcome that early response. He expects "to be applauding Ang" Lee and Brokeback on the big night...
WHAT THE BUZZ IS SAYING: That the competition this year is not strong, that Brokeback was perhaps the best-reviewed movie of the year and that Middle America has accepted it with surprising equanimity. Some sense in it the potential for a multiaward sweep...
...Will Win: Brokeback Mountain Who Should Win: Crash