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...black actors and films, the Academy Awards have often been at best disappointing, and at worst, downright offensive. This year, however, most certainly marks the lowest point in recent memory. Certainly the Academy has been taking steps in the right direction, most notably with its naming “Crash?? as best picture of the year on Sunday. However, outside of this victory, the Academy still hesitates to reward nearly anything beyond portrayals of black people as ignorant, hypersexual, subservient, or criminal...
...clinching any of the major awards for which it is nominated: Best Picture, Best Director, or Best Adapted Screenplay. The Academy has snubbed Spielberg before—notably in 1985 for his similarly controversial film “The Color Purple.” I think “Crash?? will be rewarded instead; it is an uplifting film about racial reconciliation that is likely to inspire easy consensus...
...Yorker film critic] David Denby called ‘Crash?? one of the best first films in the history of film, to which I say, ‘Get the fuck out of here!’” Haggis blurts out, breaking into laughter...
Haggis should get used to such over-the-top declarations this early on in his directing career—“Crash?? is a commendable film. Dillon is convincingly off-putting, and the rest of the cast makes the best of their limited screen time...
Despite Haggis’s claims to the contrary, many may say the film falls prey to an overly neat ending, never really capitalizing on the spark and vitriol which is abundant earlier on. Nevertheless, Haggis accomplishes his goal of making “Crash?? stay in your consciousness long after you’ve left the parking lot. And there wasn’t even a single three...