After some pretty strong showings in recent years, with films like El Secreto de sus Ojos, La Teta Asustada, and Biutiful, Latin American films have been completely shut out of this year’s Academy Award nominations.
Mexico’s Miss Bala was supposed to be competitive, but no dice. Anyway, these are the people who voted Driving Miss Daisy, Titanic, and Crash best picture, so should anyone give a damn?
The blog Cine Latino has a nice list of Latin American films that were contenders, so at least the Oscar competition gives us a lineup of films to reluctantly pirate over the next few months as we are frustrated in our efforts to view them legally.
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Reluctantly pirate? Oh no, gringo angst. Dude, just do what I do and consider the sub-dollar DVDs as a way the North gets to subsidize countries at grassroots level, straight from company to consumer (well, nearly) and no govt graft along the way.
And another thing: If it weren’t for South America, Jean Claude Van Damme wouldn’t have a single eyeball on his oeuvre any more. Not to mention Chuck Norris. Fact is, we’re doing them a favour.
Demián Bichir, a nominee for Best Actor, is Mexican. So, not completely shut out.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demian_Bichir
I has the bad gringo angst, pray what should I do?
Also… oh noes…. I haven’t seen but 2 of the movies. Perhaps when they hit NetFLix.
:)
Liken the site, first visit.
Lemme guess HalfEmpty….Titanic and Driving Miss Daisy.