<b>iWeekly</b>
Until the 2016 Oscar Best Foreign Language Film shortlist came out, everyone found that the shelves of "Wolf Totem" and "Mountains and Rivers" were white, because Chinese mainland gave the "Olympic qualification" to "Get Out, Tumor Jun". Some people say that the mainland really gave up the Oscar this time, but the art magazine "The Artifice" feels that it does not matter whether it is the best foreign language film or not, or whether it does not win the Oscar, because thousands of good films do not necessarily win the award every year. This is no joke, because the "Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film" award itself is embarrassing.
<b>Let countries choose their own entries? This is not scientific</b>
The organizing committee let each country decide which film to send to the Oscars, which means that some good films have not had time to accept the dislike of the Oscar judges, and they are first blocked by their own film associations. The Japanese movie "Chaos" has encountered such a black hand. Chaos is the work of the master Kurosawa tomorrow night, released in Japan in 1985, when Akira Kurosawa was in his 70s. As his eyesight deteriorated sharply in his old age and his wife died during the film production period, Akira Kurosawa declined the invitation to premiere the film "Chaos". As a movie fan, everyone naturally understands, but the Japan Film Association is angry. They thought it was the most expensive movie in Japan at the time, and Akira Kurosawa had no reason not to participate in the promotion. As a "revenge", the Japan Film Association threw away "Chaos" when sending the film to the Oscars.
In 2012, Russia abandoned several films that were well known at international film festivals for the Oscars for "Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel." The Los Angeles Times argues this is controversial. Director Jeff Lipsky once said that the award for best foreign language film is ultimately unfair, it is called "best foreign language film", not "the best foreign language film of a group".
The Biggest Problem with the Oscars was "only listening to English," an award that has been going on for more than 80 years, during which only 11 foreign-language films have been nominated for Best Picture. In order to give the award an international perspective, the organizing committee established the "Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film" award in 1956, and until 2006, this award only welcomed "non-English" films. Although the establishment of the "Best Foreign Language Film" has a certain positive significance, it is not very useful for discovering good films.
<b>I have countless good movies, but you say you can only get 1</b>
The Oscars strictly limit the number of foreign language films pushed, each country or region can only push 1 film to the organizing committee, that is to say, a country that can produce a large number of good films, and finally can only choose 1 film to participate, and slight selection difficulties may faint at this level. France, for example, has always been a great film country, and in 2008 there were three well-known films: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "La Vie en Rose" and "Persepolis, Which I Grew Up in Iran." After some consideration, France sent "I Grew Up in Iran", but in the end the film was not nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. That's why, france obviously has so many good films, but the jury does not even give a nomination.
The Atlantic Magazine also rolled its eyes at this strange "one country, one piece". It believes that the Golden Globe Awards in the industry is notorious for its chaotic selection mechanism plus "three views are not correct", but the Oscar foreign language films must be more than that. The Golden Globes could nominate for both Rust and Bone and The Intouchables for Best Foreign Language Film (both from France), but the Oscars couldn't. As for the reason, the reason given by the Oscars is that they do not want some film powers to squeeze out the films of other countries with the number of films, but the Atlantic Magazine said: Judges, please face up to your laziness.
<b>Do not "soil" do not let the competition</b>
Geographical restrictions are also a hard wound of the "Oscar best foreign language film", the film industry is in the midst of more and more international cooperation, a film is difficult to be completed by only a country's directors, actors and crew. In 2012, Albania wanted to compete in "Forgiveness" by American director Joshua Marston, but the organizing committee refused on the grounds that the people behind the film were "not local enough". Similarly, Angelina Jolie's debut film "In the Land of Milk and Honey" also lost the right to push foreign language films due to too much cross-regional cooperation and the embarrassment of not knowing who her country was.
The award separates "foreign language films" from large troops, meaning "no matter how good you are, you are not as good as our English films." Why not let all the films compete together? Leaving aside the discussion of what you think, the public generally believes that the gold content of "Best Foreign Language Film" is not as good as "Best Film". Although people from all over the world are still "one-sided" to get the Oscars, everyone must also understand that the winning film is not the best "foreign language film" in the world, it is only the most prominent performance of the dozens of films.
This year, films from 81 countries and regions competed for Best Foreign Language Film, including:
Uk: Under Milk Wood
France: Mustang
India: The Court
Hungary: Son of Saul
Brazil: "The Second Mother"
Germany: Labyrinth of Lies
Japan: 100 Yen Love
Korea: The Throne
Hong Kong, China: To the Fore
Taiwan: The Assassin
The lottery will not be drawn until February next year, and you still have a lot of time to make up for it.