What's "Crash"?

When "Crash" won the Oscar for "Best Picture" last night, my brother Jim said it was as surprising as when "Shakespeare in Love" won the Oscar over "Saving Private Ryan". My cousin Mark mentioned "Crash" was one of the films he liked in 2005, and my good pal John said that he didn't like it at all. As far as I know I don't know anyone else who saw it.

I don't know why I listed "The Nomi Song" under the "More 2005 Movies That I Wanted to See, But Didn’t" category in the Nosferatu Pix, it's clearly a 2004 movie. Whatever; the important thing is that I watched it on Friday night and I found it wildly entertaining. Here is some data from the Amazon description:

"Born Klaus Sperber in Essen, Germany, Nomi dressed like an alien, sang like an angel, and electrified new wave-era New York. The classically trained tenor moved to the US in the 1970s. Influenced by Maria Callas, Marlene Dietrich, and 1950s sci-fi films, the "opera-singing pastry chef," as writer Glenn O'Brien described him, developed a unique look and sound that stood apart from every other act to emerge from the East Village."

In the documentary, Nomi comes across as a non-man, a non-woman, and a non-human. He seems like a real life "The Man Who Fell To Earth" except instead of starting a business he became an opera diva. And he would have been the ultimate guest for Dieter on "Sprockets". The DVD includes a recipe for Nomi's lime tart and the movie features a television clip of Nomi demonstrating how to prepare it.