I'll leave it to ol' blind Buchie to sum up the story of truth-telling told by The Insider:
Conscience do cost.
The Insider may not have the repeat-viewing capacity of Heat, but this Michael Mann film is easily a top 20, possibly even a top 10. That it lost out to the utterly vacuous American Beauty for the Best Picture Oscar is a crying shame. I mean, that's like Shakespeare in Love getting the nod over The Thin Red Line, which would of course have been complete nonsense if it ha [gets word in ear that that in fact did happen the previous year].
These are end times, people. End times.
These are end times, people. End times.
I share your outrage about The Thin Red Line, my favourite war movie by a long way.
ReplyDeleteBut I can't agree about American Beauty, which was genuinely lovely and funny and thought-provoking. I remember really enjoying The Insider but it didn't linger in the memory.