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Why can't a non-English language movie win for Best Picture? Good
question. However, the way of the Academy is probably not a subject
deserving of much attention. How do they decide what constitutes a
"supporting" role? I think it has something to do with the actors
involved and also with the need to fill up nomination slots. Wait...I
just said I wasn't going to speculate. In response to the fellow in
Montreal who seems to think there is an Anglo-Saxon conspiracy: the Oscars
existed for twenty years before a British film won for Best Picture
(Olivier's HAMLET). European directors have been a major influence on
American directors and vice versa. Many of the top directors of
Hollywood's "Golden Era" were European (Wilder, Wyler, Curtiz, Lubitsch,
Sirk, Zinnemann).
Mary Kalfatovic, Washington, D.C.
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