Without millions of frequent flyer miles and a hefty spending allowance to attend multiple festivals, it can be difficult to see Oscar's Foreign Language Film submissions in a timely manner. One usually has to wait it out a year or three to catch up. By then one loses interest (at least I do) because there's a whole new crop off films tantalizingly dangled to try and reach for. The cycle begins anew. Even the annual high profile films (this year's crop includes Germany's The White Ribbon and France's Un Prophète) are purposefully withheld -- from the American public at least -- in the hopes that an Oscar nomination will sell tickets the following year. It'd be so much more fun if people could see the movies and argue the merits of Best Foreign Film vs. Best Picture lineups each year ... "five by five". (Or, rather, 'five by ten'...argh. Damn you,...
- 11/12/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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