See winners in all categories here.
Although I maintain that awards in themselves neither add nor detract from any creative work, and as hard as I have struggled to regard arts (film, literature, music, all of them) on their own merits and NOT in terms of awards, I admit I felt a vindication of sorts, not necessarily for any prestige carried by the award, but to have a work I loved finally recognized...as though it is still alive in the public consciousness, and that in some wierd way, by extension, so am I.
I identified so much with the story of the writing and filming of "A Single Man", with the story of Christopher Isherwood and the circumstances surrounding the conception of this work; and Isherwood's influence on my budding passion for film, because he created the work that would become one of my powerhouse favorites and a film I still hold dear, "Cabaret".
Some may assert that GLAAD is singing to the choir, and that the Media Award will have little influence on mainstream audiences to give the film a chance. Maybe so. I, myself, have not always agreed with GLAAD's choices (and I'll stick my neck out now to say that I hated "Little Miss Sunshine", a recent recipient). And, thinking back on Movie Year 2009, there were not too many wide releases that would merit award attention, so even a mediocre film could have been honored.
Fortunately, "Single Man" remains in my estimation a terrific piece of cinema by any measure. And so I am happy to have a new, and relevant, reason to showcase it once again on these pages.
http://tom-samp-journal.blogspot.com/search/label/Christopher%20Isherwood
http://tom-samp-journal.blogspot.com/2010/01/single-man-part-2-film-review.html
http://tom-samp-journal.blogspot.com/2010/02/oscar-2010-my-actor-of-year.html
