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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (3566)	1/31/2006 12:42:16 PM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 71588

I saw "Crash" on DVD. I thought it was a rambling piece with no particular point of view except that people behave in ways that are at odds to their underlying character. That is, the Matt Dillon character was a sexist and racist who ultimately put his life on the line to save the very woman he had previously felt up during a traffic stop. Dillon's partner was supposedly on the up and up and asked to change partners because of his objection to Dillon's behavior, but ultimately killed a hitchhiker and destroyed the evidence to save himself. I am still debating on whether to see "Brokeback." Larry McMurtry, one of my favorite writers, wrote the script. That is a powerful draw for me. I don't know if I can handle seeing two men making moon eyes at each other, and so forth. I don't know what all the fuss is about. The characters aren't "cowboys" but sheepherders, and jokes about the sexual habits of sheepherders are legendary. I'm not too interested in Munich because it strikes me as an apologia for the intolerable behavior of terrorists. Speilberg missed his mark on that one, it seems to me. I remember Edward R. Murrow broadcasting the news during the Korean War. I had no concept of his political stance, and from what I've heard "Good Night and Good Luck" presents a pretty skewed view of the times. Capote just does not interest me. All I can remember about him is Robert Blake playing the condemned man in "In Cold Blood."