Cache rejected by Academy Awards
The Euro hit Cache starts Friday at the Grand. Check out my earlier post for more info on the film (and why I had a problem with it for a little while - the film and I have since made up).
There is more controversy around the film than my own initial difficulties with it. Cache was rejected by the Academy Awards because they have a rule regarding the language of a film and the country it comes from. Here's a bit from indiewire.com:
'Besides strong word-of-mouth and reviews, "Cache" also may be able to benefit from a growing controversy about its ineligibility for a best foreign-language film Oscar nomination. It was nominated by Austria - Haneke's home - but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences disqualified it because the French-language film is set in Paris with a French cast.'
It seems that the film's language and the country submitting the nomination need to coincide. In a way, I understand where the Academy is coming from. If France were to submit a film in Chinese, wouldn't that seem weird?
On the other hand, this could be a real problem in coming years, what with the globe getting smaller all the time. Certain London schools are replacing Latin as a required language with Chinese. How's that for progress? What will the Academy do when a foreign film gets submitted, and three different languages are spoken equally throughout? Will the very traditional Hollywood be able to keep up with this crazy modern world? Stay tuned folks, we should know before the decade is out.
There is more controversy around the film than my own initial difficulties with it. Cache was rejected by the Academy Awards because they have a rule regarding the language of a film and the country it comes from. Here's a bit from indiewire.com:
'Besides strong word-of-mouth and reviews, "Cache" also may be able to benefit from a growing controversy about its ineligibility for a best foreign-language film Oscar nomination. It was nominated by Austria - Haneke's home - but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences disqualified it because the French-language film is set in Paris with a French cast.'
It seems that the film's language and the country submitting the nomination need to coincide. In a way, I understand where the Academy is coming from. If France were to submit a film in Chinese, wouldn't that seem weird?
On the other hand, this could be a real problem in coming years, what with the globe getting smaller all the time. Certain London schools are replacing Latin as a required language with Chinese. How's that for progress? What will the Academy do when a foreign film gets submitted, and three different languages are spoken equally throughout? Will the very traditional Hollywood be able to keep up with this crazy modern world? Stay tuned folks, we should know before the decade is out.
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