A chinese director has won. Is that not better than what most countries have?
#Why is it that no Chinese actor/actress has ever won an Oscar for acting?
iron laurel
sudden sage
It's very rare for a non-English foregin film to win an acting Oscar. The only countries to do so are Italy (Two Women, Life is Beautiful) and France (La vie en Rose). That excludes Germany, Japan. Mexico, Spain, The Netherlands, Denmark, and more. And if only the language counts, than they have, as Michelle Yeoh and Key Huy Quan both speak Mandarin in EEAAO.
hearty warren
Javier Bardem is from Spain 
sudden sage
Yes but his film is not from Spain, nor does he speak Spanish
hearty warren
Yes but his film is not from Spain, nor does he speak Spanish
He lives in Spain
sudden sage
Okay
hearty warren
He is from Spain
sudden sage
That doesn't change the fact that No Country for Old Men is not a Spanish film
hearty warren
Hmmm .. ok so it’s only language that counts 🤔
sudden sage
Language + Country the film is from
hearty warren
I guess I see best actor /actress about the actor /actress performance and not the film and language 🤷♀️
iron laurel
i think some countries hace different etiquettes and the way the people generally act. japan for example.
the japanese people act a lil differently than the people in the US, hence the non-japanese academy members do not relate to it.
pliant mountain
sudden sage
He has never won an Oscar
timid horizon
He has never won an Oscar
Actually he did in 2016
alpine valve
isnt oscars an american invention?its a very western culture thing.
sudden sage
It's an American organization yes
timid horizon
That was Honorary.
Still counts