EveningStar
03-03-2006, 05:21 PM
I think I'll pass on Syriana.
Charles Krauthammer
The Washington Post
March 3, 2006
Nothing tells you more about Hollywood than what it chooses to honor. Nominated for best foreign-language film is "Paradise Now," a sympathetic portrayal of two suicide bombers. Nominated for best picture is "Munich," a sympathetic portrayal of yesterday's fashion in barbarism: homicide terrorism.
But until you see "Syriana," nominated for best screenplay (and George Clooney, for best supporting actor) you have no idea how self-flagellation and self-loathing pass for complexity and moral seriousness in Hollywood. More (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030201209.html)
Charles Krauthammer
The Washington Post
March 3, 2006
Nothing tells you more about Hollywood than what it chooses to honor. Nominated for best foreign-language film is "Paradise Now," a sympathetic portrayal of two suicide bombers. Nominated for best picture is "Munich," a sympathetic portrayal of yesterday's fashion in barbarism: homicide terrorism.
But until you see "Syriana," nominated for best screenplay (and George Clooney, for best supporting actor) you have no idea how self-flagellation and self-loathing pass for complexity and moral seriousness in Hollywood. More (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030201209.html)