Even the director of 'Crash' doesn't think it deserved Best Picture

When Crash won Best Picture at the Oscars in 2006, there were some people (read: A LOT of people) who thought that particular decision was a mistake. It may have had something to do with the movie's controversial depiction of race relations, or with the fact that it beat the much-loved Brokeback Mountain for the award, or the fact that, maybe possibly probably it just wasn't that great of a movie. And now even the director of the movie is agreeing with them.

In an interview with HitFix, Crash director/writer Paul Haggis admits that if he could have voted, he wouldn't have chosen Crash as the best picture that year:
"Was it the best film of the year? I don’t think so. ... I’m very glad to have those Oscars. They’re lovely things. But you shouldn’t ask me what the best film of the year was because I wouldn’t be voting for 'Crash,' only because I saw the artistry that was in the other films. ... I mean I knew it was the social experiment that I wanted, so I think it’s a really good social experiment. Is it a great film? I don’t know."
He said it, we didn't.

Haggis is wading back into the subject of race with Show Me a Hero, a new HBO mini-series co-written by The Wire creator David Simon, but his Crash experience isn't deterring him from revisiting the subject:
"Dealing with the issues of race and class again, I knew there would be those who think, 'Why is he doing this again?' I like being scared. If I’m not scared I’m not happy. This is an important story. It happened right there. It happened 30 minutes from here and a few years ago. And it’s happening right now. And if we don’t tell the story who will?"
Well, OK then.