七十六國角逐奧斯卡最佳外語片 瞎猜熱門之選

下年度的奧斯卡最佳外語片的角逐，總共吸引了七十六個國家與地區角逐，有少數作品在香港正式公映，而有一些則散落在各大影展當中，或者是在未來的日子與觀眾見面。有關的最後九強的提名會在來年一月公佈，大致上也可在這七十六部作品找找熱門之選，買定離手。此外，有些國家也第一次派出了作品，比如是巴基斯坦、沙地阿拉伯都獻上了第一次。然而，有機會看過七十六部作品並非易事，的確有些被視為冷門的電影恐怕就無緣與香港觀眾見面了，日後本博有機會再慢談那些被忽視的電影，要花點時間盡量去看。比如是先前本博有介紹過來至尼泊爾的《蘭花之舞》都是代表該國衝奧的，有興趣可以自行拜讀。

要支持奧斯卡的最佳外語片，先要支持一下本地的《一代宗師》，王家衛閉關多年，梁朝偉也跌撞了多次，相信本地的評委選《一代宗師》都是因為王家衛的知名度，再加上影片在北美與國際影展上映的效應。要入九強，相信是有信心的。再看看中國代表，中國派出馮小剛的《一九四二》，而台灣方面《失魂》以一票之差打敗了周杰倫的《天台》，據說《天台》是爛片，取得參賽資格。
                                              


亞洲地區方面，有日本的石井裕也的《大渡海》，電影相當溫暖人心，淡淡然的，是清澈的。印度方面則派新導演迎戰，派出公路電影。韓國方面繼上年有《狼族少年》後，今次有《犯罪少年》。而伊朗方面真是遇上勁敵，由《伊朗式分居》導演執導的新片《The Past》參戰，《The Past》也是影展的話題之作，相信入九強，易過借火。同時也不可忽視新加坡代表，陳哲藝的《爸媽不在家》，一舉成名入金馬提名，也得到康城的獎項。
               
而其他地區方面，影展的話題之作成為了大熱，比如說丹麥的《誣網》(The Hunt)，呼聲很高，演員演技精湛。而首次參賽的沙地阿拉伯也一舉成為了大熱之選，其電影WADJDA講述阿拉伯少女的故事，音樂方面有MAX RICHTER的配樂。

至於法國方面，去年派出了《閃亮人生》，今年本應該是話題作《接近無限溫暖的藍》參賽，但由於奧斯卡計的是上映，所以無緣了。結果由《雷阿諾》代表。

七十六部電影的水準難免是參差，最重要是呈現了電影的人文精神，交出一台好戲。對小國電影給予鼓勵與支持，過去的確有不少「遺珠」，我們可以做的是對每一部電影給予尊重，這就是奧斯卡的宗旨。

附上奧斯卡最佳外語片的提名名單
(紅字代表大熱)

The full list of 2013 submissions follows:

Afghanistan, "Wajma – An Afghan Love Story," Barmak Akram, director
Albania, "Agon," Robert Budina, director
Argentina, "The German Doctor," Lucía Puenzo, director
Australia, "The Rocket," Kim Mordaunt, director
Austria, "The Wall," Julian Pölsler, director
Azerbaijan, "Steppe Man," Shamil Aliyev, director
Bangladesh, "Television," Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director
Belgium, "The Broken Circle Breakdown," Felix van Groeningen, director
Bosnia and Herzegovina, "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker," Danis Tanovic, director
Brazil, "Neighboring Sounds," Kleber Mendonça Filho, director
Bulgaria, "The Color of the Chameleon," Emil Hristov, director
Cambodia, "The Missing Picture," Rithy Panh, director
Canada, "Gabrielle," Louise Archambault, director
Chad, "GriGris," Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director
Chile, "Gloria," Sebastián Lelio, director
China, "Back to 1942," Feng Xiaogang, director
Colombia, "La Playa DC," Juan Andrés Arango, director
Croatia, "Halima’s Path," Arsen Anton Ostojic, director
Czech Republic, "The Don Juans," Jiri Menzel, director
Denmark, "The Hunt," Thomas Vinterberg, director
Dominican Republic, "Quien Manda?" Ronni Castillo, director
Ecuador, "The Porcelain Horse," Javier Andrade, director
Egypt, "Winter of Discontent," Ibrahim El Batout, director
Estonia, "Free Range," Veiko Ounpuu, director
Finland, "Disciple," Ulrika Bengts, director
France, "Renoir," Gilles Bourdos, director
Georgia, "In Bloom," Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, directors
Germany, "Two Lives," Georg Maas, director
Greece, "Boy Eating the Bird’s Food," Ektoras Lygizos, director
Hong Kong, "The Grandmaster," Wong Kar-wai, director
Hungary, "The Notebook," Janos Szasz, director
Iceland, "Of Horses and Men," Benedikt Erlingsson, director
India, "The Good Road," Gyan Correa, director
Indonesia, "Sang Kiai," Rako Prijanto, director
Iran, "The Past," Asghar Farhadi, director
Israel, "Bethlehem," Yuval Adler, director
Italy, "The Great Beauty," Paolo Sorrentino, director
Japan, "The Great Passage," Ishii Yuya, director
Kazakhstan, "Shal," Yermek Tursunov, director
Latvia, "Mother, I Love You," Janis Nords, director
Lebanon, "Blind Intersections," Lara Saba, director
Lithuania, "Conversations on Serious Topics," Giedre Beinoriute, director
Luxembourg, "Blind Spot," Christophe Wagner, director
Mexico, "Heli," Amat Escalante, director
Moldova, "All God’s Children," Adrian Popovici, director
Montenegro, "Ace of Spades - Bad Destiny," Drasko Djurovic, director
Morocco, "Horses of God," Nabil Ayouch, director
Nepal, "Soongava: Dance of the Orchids," Subarna Thapa, director
Netherlands, "Borgman," Alex van Warmerdam, director
New Zealand, "White Lies," Dana Rotberg, director
Norway, "I Am Yours," Iram Haq, director
Pakistan, "Zinda Bhaag," Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, directors
Palestine, "Omar," Hany Abu-Assad, director
Peru, "The Cleaner," Adrian Saba, director
Philippines, "Transit," Hannah Espia, director
Poland, "Walesa. Man of Hope," Andrzej Wajda, director
Portugal, "Lines of Wellington," Valeria Sarmiento, director
Romania, "Child’s Pose," Calin Peter Netzer, director
Russia, "Stalingrad," Fedor Bondarchuk, director
Saudi Arabia, "Wadjda," Haifaa Al Mansour, director
Serbia, "Circles," Srdan Golubovic, director
Singapore, "Ilo Ilo," Anthony Chen, director
Slovak Republic, "My Dog Killer," Mira Fornay, director
Slovenia, "Class Enemy," Rok Bicek, director
South Africa, "Four Corners," Ian Gabriel, director
South Korea, "Juvenile Offender," Kang Yi-kwan, director
Spain, "15 Years Plus a Day," Gracia Querejeta, director
Sweden, "Eat Sleep Die," Gabriela Pichler, director
Switzerland, "More than Honey," Markus Imhoof, director
Taiwan, "Soul," Chung Mong-Hong, director
Thailand, "Countdown," Nattawut Poonpiriya, director
Turkey, "The Butterfly’s Dream," Yilmaz Erdogan, director
Ukraine, "Paradjanov," Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova, directors
United Kingdom, "Metro Manila," Sean Ellis, director
Uruguay, "Anina," Alfredo Soderguit, director
Venezuela, "Breach in the Silence," Luis Alejandro Rodríguez and Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez, directors