If Pigs Could Fly

摘要

It's the morning the academy Award nominations are announced, Feb. 13, and in my dream the envelope is opened and the following films are announced as the best-picture candidates for 1995 (in alphabetical order, as these things are done): "Babe." "Crumb." "Funny Bones." "Leaving Las Vegas." "Persuasion." "Safe." You will notice several odd things about this list. 1. There are six movies instead of five (I said it was a dream). 2. You probably haven't seen many of them and, in the case of "Funny Bones" and "Safe," may not have heard of them. 3. None of these films was actually made by a Hollywood studio.