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<p class="ydp1e4cc72bMsoNormal">Another thing about the awards -</p>
<p class="ydp1e4cc72bMsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none">The top of the front page of the <i>Financial Times</i> today is splashed
with the news that <i>Roma</i> has won 15 nominations for ‘best picture’. Their
tack, as in other papers is that “the streaming service is disrupting the
silver screen in the way it has television”.</p>
<p class="ydp1e4cc72bMsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none">Well, undoubtedly, but something else has happened here. <i>Roma</i> is a
film with almost no english dialogue (we were warned at the start that
spanish would be subtitled uninflected, but mixteco languages would be
bracketed).</p>
<p class="ydp1e4cc72bMsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none">I could always manage, with a certain old-world <i>hauteur</i>, to look
down on the Oscars as a supercharged fashion show because the way they treat ‘foreign’
films. A brief glance through film history can show that there have been many
years when the main contenders for world’s ‘best film’ are nowhere to be seen
at the Academy Awards, and are only skimpingly, if at all, seen segregated in
the colonialist structure of ‘best foreign language’ film.</p>
<p class="ydp1e4cc72bMsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none">So, I’m curious how <i>Roma</i> got its tanks on that lawn.</p>
<p class="ydp1e4cc72bMsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none">And, to quickly tuck this back into Japanese film topics, I’m curious how
<i>Roma</i> gets nominated in the main category, and <i>Shoplifters</i> in the
colonial category. Both are excellent, tender films that have gained just about
universal critical and popular success. Here in London, <i>Shoplifters</i>,
which I think opened in November is already scheduled to continue in cinemas
until the end of January. <i>Roma</i>, which opened later, is also still doing
well but, in this case, demand has been artificially attenuated by restricting
its theatre screenings.</p>
<p class="ydp1e4cc72bMsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none">I should add that I can see reasons <u>why</u> <i>Roma</i> would get
nominated - from both Hollywood-imperialist and dissentient motives (and,
obviously artistic), but I’m curious <u>how</u> it gets through the rules and
so many others haven’t.</p>
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<div><b>From:</b> Roger Macy <macyroger@yahoo.co.uk></div><div><b>To:</b> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 10:48:12 GMT</div><div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [KineJapan] Mainichi Film Awards</div><div><br></div>
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<div>Thanks, Aaron, as ever for your newscasts.</div><div>Emoto Tasuku seems to have got his actor award for .<span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">‘<i>And Your Bird Can Sing</i>’ </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:MS Mincho;" lang="ZH-CN">きみの鳥はうたえる</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;"> by
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">MIYAKE Shō. I see it's showing at the Berlinale 'Forum' this year (which I will not get to).</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Roger</span></span><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 02:43:09 GMT, Gerow Aaron <aaron.gerow@yale.edu> wrote:
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Mainichi Film Awards were announced, with Koreeda's Shoplifters (which just got nominated for best foreign language film at the Oscars today) being
selected as best film. Zeze's Chrysanthemum and Guillotine was selected
for the award of excellence, which is essentially second place. Ando
Sakura got best actress, and her husband Emoto Tasuku got best actor.
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