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Post by nostromo on Feb 10, 2020 19:01:44 GMT
Because it was eligible in both categories. No controversy chez Cynthia. The only way to avoid this would be to introduce rule that it could only get nominated in 1 category and make a call at ballot counting stage which category that was - one it got most votes in/one it was highest placed in ranking/ maybe even give nominee the choice - and backfill from the number 6 choice in the category the double nominee film did not end up in. Either that or ban foreign language films from being eligible for best picture - which of course is ridiculous as well as being xenophobic.
I have NO PROBLEM with a movie (or a performer) winning in DIFFERENT categories in the same year. (This happens all the time.) The problem here is that a movie is a movie and they seemed to have changed the rules, midstream, by allowing the best foreign language movie to be treated a as Best Picture. Is there a rule about giving a performer a choice about being considered a leading performer vs a supporting performer? When did they change the rule? Given that a French language film was nominated for best picture in 1939 ?
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