With award season ramping up, and nominations announced, the system and all its glorious flaws are being broken down. This article brought up the complaints brought on by the creators of "Minari". Has anyone seen it? What do you think about the stance to get rid of the Foreign Language Film category?
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/minari-foreign-language-film-golden-g...
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I mean, the original intent (I assume) was to guarantee a foreign language film won an award each year. Take that away and whatever happens happens I guess.
Well, like the Academy, the globes are an industry organization, and not a public trust. They can do what they want.
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"A movie about the American dream, set in America, starring an American, directed by an American, and produced by an American company, is somehow foreign." What Foreign Language Film category, Karen? Based to this method, Americans are now considered as a foreigners in their own country. Hey, does that mean am an American too? If so, can I have my $600.00 please, please, please!
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Nothing new here...back in '88 Dutch Spoorloos couldn't qualify for the Academy as Foreign film from Netherlands...had too much French dialogue within...