>Ira Joel Haber: >The Oscars are a joke, and rarely ever give the awards to important >films and performances. I showed *Roma Città Aperta* in my film history class today and thought about what kind of Italian film (and performer) grabs Oscars these days: *La Vita È Bella*/Roberto Benigni. Demoralizing. However: >I'm sure Washington will get the Oscar over the more subtle finer >Russell Crowe I sure hope you are right. What's wrong with awarding a long overdue Oscar to an outstanding performance by an African-American actor? Speaking of overdue: when is the Academy going to award a lifetime achievement Oscar to the Nicholas Brothers?? Gloria Monti ______________________________ gloria monti special assistant professor department of audio/video/film 318 dempster hall 111 hofstra university hempstead, NY 11549-1110 voice mail: 516-463-6463 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://pantheon.cis.yale.edu/~godard/index.html 2/16/1959 Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite