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Crash Wins Best Picture Oscar!
Author: Simon Sellars • Mar 7th, 2006 •Category: Ballardosphere, David Cronenberg, film
He may have missed out for History of Violence, but he did win for Crash….
In a huge Academy Awards boilover, we witnessed a rare victory for auto-eroticism and body horror, so let’s hear it for David Cronenberg and J.G. Ballard! Congratulations chaps!
As was reported last year:
David Cronenberg says he ‘hates’ the decision to name the Paul Haggis-directed movie Crash. ‘Functionally, it’s stupid. Once they’re both on the DVD shelves, there’s going to be confusion.’ “
But the Oscar win for Haggis now means loads more people will rent the Cronenberg by accident, not vice versa…so, Dave — every cloud…
Read Cronenberg’s ‘Oscar-winning speech’ here.
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crash that won the oscar has nothing to do with ballard or cronenberg. it’s about racism in L.A.
re-read this post again. carefully.