Oscar za nejhoršího Oscara

Aneb který Oscar dostane Zlatou malinu? Ať už si o těchto cenách milovník filmu myslí cokoliv, jeho pozornosti by neměl uniknout článek na NY Times, který a) dává jasně najevo, jak Želary a jejich konkurenti za oceánem nadchly:

As tonight's ceremony approaches, the foreign-language category remains Oscar's annual head-scratcher. Ask anyone in the industry about this year's nominees — which include one critical hit, "The Barbarian Invasions" from Canada, and four films that barely register — and you'll find varying levels of bafflement. "For the most part, of the films that are selected, I don't think anyone understands why," ... Ken Rudolph, a former documentary filmmaker and a voter in the foreign-language film category since 1980, admits: "I'm not saying I believe these are the best foreign films that exist. I don't think anybody's saying that. It's a very strange category."

a b) zajimavym zpusobem zpochybňuje celý systém výběru a nominací zvláště zahraničních filmů:

Other academy bylaws make even less sense. The rules stipulate that in almost all cases a foreign nominee must be "predominantly in an official language of the country submitting the film." In 1993, Poland submitted Kryzysztof Kieslowski's "Blue," part of his "Three Colors" trilogy. The academy rejected it because it was filmed in French with French actors — not Polish enough, apparently. The next year, Switzerland tried nominating Kieslowski's "Red" — filmed in French and set in Switzerland — only to be rejected because this time the film was deemed too Polish. Last year, the British film "The Warrior" was rejected because much of it was filmed in Hindi. Britain submitted a Welsh-language film instead, which the academy accepted, even though about a million fewer Britons speak Welsh than Hindi.

Zkrátka to opravdu stojí za přečtení. A komu imaginárního Oscara za nejlepší film uděluji já? Jednoznačně a bez váhání City of God.