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What's the point of having a Best International Picture award if international movies are also eligible for Best Picture? Seems redundant. Especially when the same movie ends up winning both.
One of the main reasons why they need a separate category for best foreign film is because of the Academy's rules about qualifying for a Best Picture nomination, primarily these:Agreed. They should get rid of the best international film award and nominate more foreign films for best picture.
So which foreigners were they kowtowing to when they awarded Green Book, Shape of Water, The King's Speech, Spotlight and Birdman? Your woke narratives crumble with any passing glance of the recent winners list.Liberals in Hollywood kowtowing to foreigners so they're not looked upon as racists. The Korean movie Parasite was excellent. But needs to choose which category the film should be entered. @HI SCOTT NEWMAN
So which foreigners were they kowtowing to when they awarded Green Book, Shape of Water, The King's Speech, Spotlight and Birdman? Your woke narratives crumble with any passing glance of the recent winners list.
Except there's literally zero Chinese movies in contention. And Parasite was the first ever for an Asian film. I showed you the evidence that the Best Picture award isn't actually "woke" based on previous winners. Are you predicting that a Chinese movie will win an Oscar soon? Do you know how ridiculous you sound?Chinese and Korean producers and production companies are dumping cash into Hollywood to get a piece of the pie.
Except there's literally zero Chinese movies in contention. And Parasite was the first ever for an Asian film. I showed you the evidence that the Best Picture award isn't actually "woke" based on previous winners. Are you predicting that a Chinese movie will win an Oscar soon? Do you know how ridiculous you sound?
Lets get rid of best animation since a few of them were able to make it in the best picture nomination
Why should animated films be nominated for Best Picture when they only cater to kids and man children?
One of the main reasons why they need a separate category for best foreign film is because of the Academy's rules about qualifying for a Best Picture nomination, primarily these:
- Must open in a commercial theater, for paid admission, in Los Angeles County between January 1 and midnight December 31, and run for seven consecutive days, at least three screenings daily (one of which needs to be between 6 PM and 10 PM)
- Be sufficiently advertised in Los Angeles media
- Films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for Academy Awards in any category
Cannes doesn't have such arbitrary rules so they screen a broader range of movies. And that's why the Palme d'Or is a better indicator of a film's quality than the Best Picture Oscar.
Good point about Bong's western ties, and why that is the only reason this particular movie was on the radar for American awards. However, Parasite really was superior in every way to Snowpiercer and Okja (were there others you were referring to?). I thought they were entertaining diversions at best, but hardly worthy of accolades. He seems to have ascended to another tier.I think Parasite winning is a bit deceptive when it comes to the idea of the Oscars paying attention to foreign cinema though. On the face of it the film seems very S Korean in nature but when you look at the directors previous career you see his last two films were actually Hollywood funded productions that included mostly Hollywood actors. He's someone who has the connections to the Hollywood establishment needed to build interest in his work.