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| Author: | Price [ Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
Argentina, "XXY" Lucia Puenzo Australia, "The Home Song Stories" Tony Ayres Austria, "The Counterfeiters" Stefan Ruzowitzky Azerbaijan, "Caucasia" Farid Gumbatov Bangladesh, "On the Wings of Dreams" Golam Rabbany Belgium, "Ben X" Nic Balthazar Bosnia and Herzegovina, "It's Hard to Be Nice" Srdan Vuletic Brazil, "The Year My Parents Went on Vacation" Cao Hamburger Bulgaria, "Warden of the Dead" Ilian Simeonov. Canada, "Days of Darkness" Denys Arcand Chile, "Padre Nuestro" Rodrigo Sepulveda China, "The Knot" Yin Li Colombia, "Satanas" Andi Baiz Croatia, "Armin" Ognjen Svilicic Cuba, "The Silly Age" Pavel Giroud Czech Republic, "I Served the King of England" Jiri Menzel Denmark, "The Art of Crying" Peter Schonau Fog Egypt, "In the Heliopolis Flat" Mohamed Khan Estonia, "The Class" Ilmar Raag. Finland, "A Man's Job" Aleksi Salmenpera France, "Persepolis" Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnauds Georgia, "The Russian Triangle" Aleko Tsabadze Germany, "The Edge of Heaven" Fatih Akin Greece, "Eduart" Angeliki Antoniou Hong Kong, "Exiled" Johnnie To Hungary, "Taxidermia" Gyorgy Palfi Iceland, "Jar City" Baltasar Kormakur India, "Eklavya – The Royal Guard" Vidhu Vinod Chopra Indonesia, "Denias, Singing on the Cloud" John De Rantau Iran, "M for Mother" Rasoul Mollagholipour Iraq, "Jani Gal" Jamil Rostami Ireland, "Kings" Tom Collins Israel, "Beaufort" Joseph Cedar Italy, "The Unknown" Giuseppe Tornatore. Japan, "I Just Didn't Do It" Masayuki Suo Kazakhstan, "Mongol" Sergei Bodrov Korea, "Secret Sunshine" Chang-dong Lee Lebanon, "Caramel" Nadine Labaki Luxembourg, "Little Secrets" Pol Cruchten Macedonia, "Shadows" Milcho Manchevski Mexico, "Silent Light" Carlos Reygadas The Netherlands, "Duska" Jos Stelling Norway, "Gone with the Woman" Petter Naess Peru, "Crossing a Shadow" Augusto Tamayo Philippines, "Donsol" Adolfo Alix, Jr. Poland, "Katyn" Andrzej Wajda Portugal, "Belle Toujours" Manoel de Oliveira Puerto Rico, "Love Sickness" Carlitos Ruiz, Mariem Perezs. Romania, "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" Cristian Mungiu Russia, "12" Nikita Mikhalkov Serbia, "The Trap" Srdan Golubovic Singapore, "881" Royston Tan Slovakia, "Return of the Storks" Martin Repka Slovenia, "Short Circuits" Janez Lapajne Spain, "The Orphanage" J.A. Bayona Sweden, "You, the Living" Roy Andersson Switzerland, "Late Bloomers" Bettina Oberli Taiwan, "Island Etude" Chen Huai-En Thailand, "King of Fire" Chatrichalerm Yukol Turkey, "A Man's Fear of God" Ozer Kiziltan Uruguay, "The Pope's Toilet" Enrique Fernandez, Cesar Charlones Venezuela, "Postcards from Leningrad" Mariana Rondon Vietnam, "The White Silk Dress" Luu Huynh Having not seen any of these movies, I still have a personal favorite, and that's Honk Kong. I have seen other Johnny To movies, and he deserves some kind of prize. Breaking News and Fulltime Killer were both very good. |
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| Author: | Christian [ Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
Is this final? *Only* 63? How many qualified last year? The Philippines submitted another digital/independent film. Looks like they're going back to how they submitted films in the 70's/80's. |
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| Author: | Rod [ Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
63 is a new record. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Persepolis are the closest ones to being locks. Silent Light is possible since one out of every three Mexican submission is nominated  Then again going by that same fact, maybe it's time for a 2 year break.Cuba could also get in. But other than the first two the category is still wide open. |
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| Author: | xiayun [ Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
Yeah, Lust, Caution got disqualified, and Taiwan had to submit a different film instead. 
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| Author: | Christian [ Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
Persepolis is... animated, right? |
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| Author: | Christian [ Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
I always find at least one movie in the foreign list with a quirky title. THe Pope's Toilet is the one for me. |
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| Author: | kypade [ Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
From that list, one of the only directors I know offhand is Gyorgy Palfi...his movie Hukkle is really really great. So I checked out imdb, and this new one, Taxadermia is a "grotesque tale of three generations of men, including an obese speed eater, an embalmer of gigantic cats, and a man who shoots fire out of his penis." Omg, sign me up. |
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| Author: | MovieDude [ Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
kypade wrote: From that list, one of the only directors I know offhand is Gyorgy Palfi...his movie Hukkle is really really great. So I checked out imdb, and this new one, Taxadermia is a "grotesque tale of three generations of men, including an obese speed eater, an embalmer of gigantic cats, and a man who shoots fire out of his penis." Omg, sign me up. Oh shit, they chose that as their contender? Ever since I read a review about this one at some festival, I've been dying to see it. It sounds sooo fucked up. By the way, those three men are three generations of family. Sweet. |
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| Author: | Raffiki [ Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
xiayun wrote: Yeah, Lust, Caution got disqualified, and Taiwan had to submit a different film instead. Yep, not enough Taiwanese people worked on the film or something like that. With buzz and box office substantially down, Lust, Caution may not score anything come that fateful Tuesday morning. |
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| Author: | xiayun [ Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
Raffiki wrote: xiayun wrote: Yeah, Lust, Caution got disqualified, and Taiwan had to submit a different film instead. Yep, not enough Taiwanese people worked on the film or something like that. With buzz and box office substantially down, Lust, Caution may not score anything come that fateful Tuesday morning. Score is still very much a possibility since it's one of the categories that correlates with BP the least, and Desplat is on a hot streak. |
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| Author: | Dr. Lecter [ Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days should almost definitely get in. Now I wonder if Germany can score yet another nom. Chances are good as the film is supposedly pretty great. |
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| Author: | Christian [ Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
xiayun wrote: Raffiki wrote: xiayun wrote: Yeah, Lust, Caution got disqualified, and Taiwan had to submit a different film instead. Yep, not enough Taiwanese people worked on the film or something like that. With buzz and box office substantially down, Lust, Caution may not score anything come that fateful Tuesday morning. Score is still very much a possibility since it's one of the categories that correlates with BP the least, and Desplat is on a hot streak. Cinematography is still possible, they need to fill in "Token Slot for Purty Asian Film." Plus, it's... Rodrigo Prieto, right? |
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| Author: | Groaning [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
I wonder if Persepolis can be nominated in Best Foreign Film AND Best Animated Feature? |
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| Author: | MikeQ. [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
Excellent submission by Canada! I hope you all remember Denys Arcand? This is Arcand's third part of his trilogy. It began with 'The Decline of the American Empire' and then the awesome 'The Barbarian Invasions', the foreign film winner in 2004. Peace, Mike |
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| Author: | roo [ Sat Nov 10, 2007 1:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
Groaning wrote: I wonder if Persepolis can be nominated in Best Foreign Film AND Best Animated Feature? Yes. You can be nominated in any category, including Best Picture (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won for Foreign film and won like 3 others out of a total of 10 nominations, for example). |
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| Author: | Dr. Lecter [ Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 63 films qualify for foreign Oscar category |
The following line-up looks possible, IMO: Persepolis 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days 12 The Orphanage The Counterfeiters |
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