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Oscar Ramblings - Parasite


In May of this year, Parasite won the Palme d'Or at the Festival of Cannes. Ever since that moment, the last movie by director Bong Joon-ho (The Host, Okja) has received one raving review after another and it is now even considered to be one of the best movies of 2019. But how well will this South-Korean movie do at the Oscars?

Let's face it: Asian movies usually don't do so well at the Oscars. Granted, regularly an Asian movie will receive a nomination in the category of foreign film, but that's about it. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was one of the very few to receive other nominations, including Best Movie but that's about it... Will Parasite prove to be the exception to the rule? Is the audience ready for another foreign movie with subtitles? The critics at least are!

Neon, who will launch Parasite in America, has got some big plans. With its campaign, it will try to achieve the mere impossible: nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Movie, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and even ... Best Actor. If they succeed, we are writing history. And the movie certainly deserves it!

But Oscar season is still very young... And some major movies still need to be released. Is anyone else looking forward to The Irishman, Martin Scorcese's latest with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro?  Or what about Ad Astra and Lucy in the Sky? One thing is certain: the race to the Academy Awards is going to be an interesting one.

To be continued...

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