DirectorAng Leeis finally pointing the finger.
Back then, [Brokeback Mountain] had a ceiling.
We got a lot of support up to that much, he said.
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It has that feeling.
I wasnt holding a grudge or anything.
Its just how they were, Lee said of the Academy at the time.
Everybody assumes you will win, so stay at that mark, Lee said.
Right next to the stage was the curtain.
The next was Best Picture.
Stay here, just stay here.
It took like 10 seconds before he announced, and then he went, Crash.
He is sanguine about the 2006 Oscars experience withBrokeback Mountain.
In my upbringing, art wasnt an option.
Making movies was crazy, said Lee.
We were outsiders in Taiwan, then outsiders in America, then go back to China, were outsiders.
I always feel like an outsider.
Repressed characters, I suppose, those stories attract me.
Brokeback Mountain is just so beautiful.
Youve read the short story.
I have nothing in common with Wyoming gay cowboys.
But why did I cry?
Its just a beautiful story.
