Long derided in some quarters as being too conservative, Oscar voters have for much of the last century shown their taste to be more out of whack than a Mike Leigh retrospective at a Des Moines multiplex. But at the close of the first decade of the new century, strange things have begun to develop among its 6,000-plus voting members — things like hipness, youthful attitudes and progressive thinking.
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Though each film was based on previously published material, Into the Wild, Youth Without Youth and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly were deeply personal expressions for their respective directors, Sean Penn, Francis Ford Coppola and Julian Schnabel. And all three directors fostered intimate collaborations with their stars — each of whom appeared in nearly every frame of their films — resulting in transcendent performances.