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Kris has already given the philistines on the Academy’s foreign-language film committee a deserved telling-off for sidelining Italy’s astonishing entry “Gomorrah,” but I feel compelled to add my voice to his — not least because, if I had my way, Matteo Garrone’s cinematic gut-punch about the Camorra crime syndicate would be in line for a Best […]
‘Gomorrah’ doesn’t deliver, says AMPAS
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:29 am · January 14th, 2009
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Foreign film shortlist revealed, ‘Gomorrah’ snubbed
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:53 am · January 13th, 2009
This is the most vile of all Academy committees. They prove their disdain for truly great cinema year in and year out (let’s not forget last year’s snubs of “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” and “Persepolis” early on), and they’ve done it again this year, skewering Matteo Garrone’s blistering “Gomorrah,” leaving it for […]
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