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...their interesting idiosyncrasies. A particularly funny example of this is a classroom scene in which a student asks the teacher if a poet whom the class is studying is gay. After berating the student, accusing him of having a “grubby and ultimately rather banal little mind?? and insisting that “the artistic temperament has no gender,” the teacher undermines his own efforts to evade the question when he immediately directs another student to read aloud one of the aforementioned poet’s works, entitled “The sweat...
...Gagged: the Life and Times of Harry Houdini). Avid Book-Reader hates to be disturbed, especially by Glamourpuss’ hourly trips to the supply-closet-turned-bathroom because disturbances jog her mind back into the reality of the horribly cramped seats and tummy-piercing tray table. In her mind??s eye, Avid Book-Reader is in the arms of Fabio or some other bottle blond Adonis. Glamourpuss notes that Avid Book-Reader insists on re-reading pages 307-10. Ineresting. Glamourpuss vows to sneak a peek at said pages if Avid Book-Reader ever dislodges herself from...
Quite ironically, the smear campaign will probably increase A Beautiful Mind??s chances of nabbing the top prizes. Universal chief Stacy Snider’s expert response to the campaign has molded the issue into an attack on Nash himself, which will naturally make the hearts of Oscar voters melt with sentiment for the aging mathematician. It has moved far beyond the movie, which itself is a rather boring, clichéd piece of film-flam. Howard embraced practically every heart-tugging Hollywood tradition to make a film not only lacking historical accuracy, but more importantly lacking conviction...
...seems they got something right this year though. Mind??s fellow nominations in the Best Picture category (Gosford Park, Moulin Rouge, Lord of the Rings, In the Bedroom) are all solid, admirable films, and are probably the best group of pictures the Academy has nominated in years. The acting nominees are for the most part deserved, and despite Jennifer Connelly’s probable win, the prospect of Halle Berry and Denzel Washington winning for their brilliant performances are exciting in the least...
...bother indeed, when these measures of cinematic merit mean very little? This year’s political hardball concerning A Beautiful Mind??s campaign reminds us that even when the right people waltz away with the right statuettes, their victories are more often the result of behind-the-scenes chicanery than mere onscreen magic. Unfortunately, many of the more excellent films do not have the resources to compete for Academy votes on the same level as Hollywood’s studio behemoths, who often simply decide to put all their eggs in one basket. The Coen Brothers?...