Crazy Heart 3/3/10
If mainstream American cinema resembles an illicit drug, in that it is an incredibly powerful, high-stimulus substance that occupies the mind while simultaneously fomenting passivity, then Hollywood is the prototypical pusher, vending an overpriced product without regard for the long-term effects that habitual users encounter. And if a simple representation of addiction that eschews cinematic hyperbole and follows a more straightforward and reserved method of film trade-craft can be said to serve as an intervention for the typical addict qua moviegoer, then I strongly recommend that you take the first step in recovery and begin treatment by viewing Crazy Heart.
