The Brokeback Project

4/6/2006- Today I came across a small review of The DVD release of Brokeback Mountain in CinWeekly. The review is fairly start forward its description of the artist controversy that surrounds Brokeback Mountain not receiving the best picture Oscar® at this years Oscars®. Next to the article is a capsule review of the re-release of Crash, which of course was the film that beat Brokeback Mountain for the best picture Oscar®. This version of Crash is a special edition; I’m sure released in connection with it being awarded the Oscar®. The interesting thing about this juxtaposition seems to be two fold. Given that both films insight controversy, I must note that I have not seen Crash, Crash cannot be spoken of now without having Brokeback Mountain mentioned in the text about it. Brokeback Mountain on the other hand is spoken of in higher tones and is seen as slighted in someway. I think this is built upon two different subconscious stereotypes at work in both Brokeback Mountain and Crash’s success. Should a work about racism be considered the highest type of art in its genre that year, while a film about something effeminate, the effeminate nature being the heart of art is not considered such.