Comments on: Oscar 2007: Best Foreign Language Semi-Finalists

By: Josefa

Josefa — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:02:55 +0000

I loved Avenue Montaigne. I can’t believe that it didn’t get a nomination. Volver was also excellent. One of the best Almodovar films, with all-around great performances.

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By: Andre Soares

Andre Soares — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:46:03 +0000

I’m not sure whether that’s good or bad either — it’s probably neither. An Oscar nod, at times, does help a film with no distribution to find a U.S. outlet, but sometimes even that isn’t enough.

Now, I found surprising — and a tad upsetting — was that “Volver” didn’t get a best foreign-language film nomination. I assume this happened because of the Academy changes in the foreign-language film voting process this year.

About 15 or so members in New York and Los Angeles decided which five films (out of nine semi-finalists) should get the nominations. An unfortunate decision, in my view.

When you have a larger group of voters, personal prejudices (whether in favor of or against a particular director, performer, etc.) carry less weight in the final outcome.

By: Boyd

Boyd — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:33:04 +0000

I think the most interesting thing about this group of nominees is that all nine already have a US distributor. When was the last time that interested US cinephiles (who, admittedly, must live in a big city) could end up seeing all the nominees theatrically either before or after the Oscar telecast? I don’t think that has ever happened before. Not sure whether it is a good thing.