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[bryant]

Surprisingly unobjectionable Oscar nominations this year. Yes, Two Towers more or less got stiffed. However, I'm rather glad to see Christopher Walken get a well-deserved nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and I'm glad to see John C. Reilly get the same on sentimental grounds even though I haven't seen Chicago yet. (Note: Bill Condon wrote Chicago. Good talent involved in that there movie, and hey, Condon got nominated for Best Screenplay Adaptation!) I'm also very pleased about the Best Actor nods to Michael Caine and Nicholas Cage. And they noticed Julianne Moore in Far From Heaven.

Hm. Maybe I should be grumpier; I don't see either City of God or Y Tu Mama Tambien on the Best Foreign Film nominee list. Possibly City of God didn't qualify this year? Not sure how that works; it didn't have a non film festival release in the US until January 2003.

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[carneggy.livejournal.com]

Foreign films have to be submitted by the country of origin, one per country, if memory serves. I saw something this morning on CNN.com about how Talk To Her didn't get a nomination because Spain submitted a different film, for instance. Talk To Her and Y Tu Mama Tambien got nods for screenplay, though.

[cassielsander.livejournal.com]

...And already popular films tend not to get nominated. Partly because the CoO wants to give a boost to a film that hasn't got US distribution yet, partly because the popular films tend to be considered a bit objectionable in their own country (which may be what sunk Y Tu Mama).

Past non-nominateds: Wings of Desire, Ran.

The fact that China did put up Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon proves that they are ALL FOR BUSINESS.

[Howdy, by the way. Played any Nightlife lately?]

[bryant]

That's China; eye on the prize. Yao Ming, baby.

No Nightlife lately. Got a pretty good UA campaign going, though.