OSCAR COMMENTARY
Nathaniel
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days until OSCAR NIGHT!
FOREIGN COUNTRIES -OSCAR RECORDS / 2006-LAST YEAR'S RACE
The 63 Films Submitted A-F / F-N / N-Z
Best Foreign Language Film Nominees
Notes on the earlier horrifying snub of the Romanian film below
Read the pages and send tips if you've got good extra info on any film
Oscar nominations will be announced January 22nd, 2008.
Oscar night is Feb 24th, 2008
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The
Official Nominees |
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| 12 Russia |
BEAUFORT Israel |
The
COUNTER- FEITERS Austria |
MONGOL Kazakhstan |
KATYN Poland |
spoiler
if there is one |
PREDICTED
WINNER |
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click
on the links for extensive info on the 63 original submissions |
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On
the 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days snub |
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Those damn people building that Tower of Babel --trying to stack the bricks
high enough to reach the heavens ...pissing Him off. Why they go'n do
that? People say that God "confused" our tongues as punishment
but I think a case can be made that multiple languages are a beautiful
gift of diversity and the true punishment (God being patient and all)
is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foreign Language
Oscar Comittee. Every year they seem to casually give some masterpiece
or another the cold shoulder. Last year
both Pedro Almodovar's brilliant Volver and the surprisingly entertaining
WWII adventure Black Book from Dutch provocateur Paul "Showgirls"
Verhoeven made the "finalist" list but then were shunned when
the nominations happened.
I can say but this: They suck! And you know who else does? The distributors who regularly push back Oscar foreign hopefuls until January or February banking on an Oscar nomination that might never come. 4 Months was supposed to open properly in November. Instead, presumably high on dreams of Oscar glory, it got a one week qualifier and settled on a proper theatrical release date to coincide with its Oscar nomination. Which is now imaginary. This happens to films every year. Why don't they just release them directly after their festival triumphs and then hope for the best? |
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This
year's victims: the delightful and fascinating Persepolis
and the masterfully executed Cannes winning 4 Months, 3
Weeks and 2 Days (
