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Foreign Language Oscar - Revanche is on the short-list

posted 16 years ago by chris_vienna_austria
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There were 67 entries for this category and 9 are still in the competition for the best movie of the year in a foreign language. Revanche is one of them. That is something! Last years winner was the Austrian movie "The Counterfeiters", that is one of the reasons why I have great doubts that "Revanche" has a real chance to win the Oscar. An another reason is that it is not about the crimes of the Nazis... I also think, that "Waltz with Beshir" is the big favorite.
But a nomination should be possible. Revanche is a great movie, and it would really deserve it. It will come out in the States, Germany and France very soon. A nomination would be also a great support for the promotion of the movie.

[–] batpawn 16 years ago

so must every austrian movie have "nazi" content in them to get an oscar?

[–] chris_vienna_austria 16 years ago

@Batpan

I would say, that it helps a lot.

[–] batpawn 16 years ago

don't get me wrong, i also don't believe that it will get the foreign language oscar, but tho say that austrian movie are only oscarworthy if they are ww2 themed is just hypocritical and cliched. the best austrian movies are (in my faithful opinion, of course) those which have a more down-to-earth story. the real appeal of the austrian cinema lies in the character driven, tragic comedies. but then again, the best austrian movies aren't really oscar material. it's so ironical.

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[–] yamf 16 years ago

Update: "Revanche" is now nominated for an Oscar!!

Congratulations!

[–] flyingdecks 16 years ago

yees! he made it!

good luck Mr. Spielmann

[–] jarquin-1 16 years ago

this film DESERVES accolades.
it is better than bashir.

[–] nightlystarlight 16 years ago

Agreed. This movie was good.
It would have been better though if Alex wasn't chopping wood for half the movie.

[–] schizophrenic123 16 years ago

Ok, I must admit I've only seen the trailer so far, but this film doesn't look that extraordinary to me. I would have preferred "For a Moment Freedom" (Ein Augenblick Freiheit) to be nominated, which is not typically Austrian, but a wonderful film. Why wasn't it nominated? Is it forbidden to have 2 films of the same country?

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[–] flyingdecks 16 years ago

mhh "Ein Augenblick Freiheit" schaut toll aus - aber gibts da nicht Probleme mit der eventuellen nicht deutsch/österreichischen Sprache? da gabs doch eine Regel, oder?
Weil Haneke's Cache war auch deshalb (glaub ich mich zu erinnern) nicht zulässig!

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[–] zurichpoet 16 years ago

The wood chopping keeps coming back to me when I think of the movie.
I liked it.
It made the whole movie feel more organic.

[–] Cinema_Love 16 years ago

Saving Private Bashir wins because America loves true stories, they don't want to see thrillers, comedies, horrors in the oscars, except when people cry like little b*tches like they do for The Lord of the Geeks part III. It's no way near an oscar worthy movie !

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