Why is Roma eligible to win Beat Picttur at the Oscars?

Why is there a 'World' Series when other countries don't compete?

Why do you care so much?

Why are British films allowed in Best Picture and not in the foreign category?

could it be the OP is just ignorant about eligibility?

Imagine a World Series or Super Bowl where a Mexican team played against an American team.

Well first the would need to join MLB and Canadian teams are in the World Series. Are you really this stupid?

Touché, r1...

Roma will win both the Best Foreign Film and Best Picture tonight @Oscars. History will be made.

Why is OP not able to write "best picture" correctly?

I thought American productions have won the Ariel.

For the same reason he can't comprehend that Best Foreign, Best Animated Film and Best Documentary can also be nominated and win Best Picture

FYI It is also possible for a country to submit a film for Best Foreign Film and the branch that chooses Best Picture, the producers, to choose a different film from that country to nominate as Best Picture.

As R11 said, the categories aren't mutually exclusive (so Roma can be eligible for both Best Foreign Picture and Best Picture overall) and the category in question is "Best Picture" not "Best American Picture". How do you imagine the likes of The Kings Speech and Slumdog Millionaire (both British films) would previously have won Best Picture, for instance?

Why would you imagine that "Chinese movies aren’t eligible to win best picture at the Oscars" Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2000, including Best Picture.

Don't tell Trump, he will want to build a wall. "Only American and Russian films can be nominated for Be Best Picture."

OP, rules are bent in the name of diversity. And if you question it, you're racist. (See R2).

R9 Because OP is frothing at the mouth at the prospect of a Mexican (MEXICAN, the horror!!) film invading the heart of the Great American Institution that is the Oscars.

"They took 'ur jobs!"

R3 Because the name of the category is actually "Best Foreign Language Film" (i.e. best film not in the English language) not "Best Foreign Film".

R16 Pray tell, exactly which rules have been bent in this instance?

It’s either Roma or Blacks Panther!! Either way, as white folk were just losing the battle!! I’m gonna step out in front of the General Lee I’m so upset!!

And there's a lot of coproduction. Pan's Labirinth is mostly a spanish movie

R21: Black Panther is not going to win, the Academy is not that desperate (it's good, but it's a fucking superhero movie)

Ypir is presenting the Beat Picttur award tonight

The fuck?

Roma should win the Best Picture Oscar because it actually is the Best Picture of the year, which would be quite a novel coincidence for the Oscars.

[quote] American movies aren’t eligible to win best picture at the Mexican Oscars or the Chinese Oscars (Golden Horse).

there's not some sort of international regulating agency, Blanche... as you already well know. They can make up whatever rules they like.

The film industries in many countries are subsidized by the government unlike the US. Their eligibility requirements differ.

If American movies are eliglie to compete in other countries Oscars, they would dominate! They would win all the special effects, makeup, editing, cinematography, sound, etc. because they have the big budget. It wouldn’t be fair to Mexico, Chile, Phillipines, etc.

[quote]And there's a lot of coproduction. Pan's Labirinth is mostly a spanish movie

Was Romo a coproduction?

R29 Roma is, in fact, an entirely US co-production, by Esperanto Filmoj (Cuarón's own company, based in California) and Participant Media (another US company).

[quote]Why is Roma eligible to win Beat Picttur at the Oscars?

Because it was nominated.

Yalitza seems like a lovely woman, but she was just wrong for the role of Cleo. Ariel Winter would have been a perfect Cleo, but Cuaron seemed hell bent on an all Mexican crew.

Why can’t Miss Uranus compete in the Miss Universe pageant?!

Because Uranus is a hostile environment.

[quote] Because Uranus is a hostile environment.

Don't I know it!

Chris, it sounds like you went to war with your peace-loving anus.

[quote]Why are British films allowed in Best Picture and not in the foreign category?

Christ do you idiots really not know that the category is "FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM" and is defined by the Academy as a film with a "predominately non-English language dialogue track"? Why do you insist on showing your ignorance repeatedly whenever this subject comes up??????

predominately = predominantly

I don’t want a Mexican to win!!! That’s not right!!

[quote]OP, rules are bent in the name of diversity.

Except that as has already been pointed out: BRITISH films are nominated. Idiot.

R39, perhaps if you weren't such a fucking loser, you could've made a film yourself. That "Mexican" will always be more successful on his worst day than you will on your best.

You're a fucking failure - I'm sure your mother has said it a few times.

Subtitle films should not be eligible in that category. They can fix it if they did English voice over. Besides I can't stand them. It's hard for me to see the title and enjoy the scene at the same time. It takes away the whole scene what the director is try to show

R42 This is a joke, right? Tell me that it is...

[quote]Why are British films allowed in Best Picture and not in the foreign category?

Because it’s the “foreign language” category

So, as expected the best film didn't win, congrats to the Academy for maintaining their record!