Oscar Loves... The English Language

Published: Jan. 25, 2019, 1:07 a.m.

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This episode, the podsters gather to discuss the Academy's aversion to honouring films not in the English Language, with one yet to win\\xa0Best Picture. With Alfonso Cuaron's Roma hotly tipped to take the award in 2019, is everything about to change?

Bernardo's Bertolucci's The Last Emperor tells the extraordinary true story of\\xa0Pu-Yi, the last emperor of China; the first feature film to be shot within the Forbidden City, the film features dialogue in Chinese, Mandarin and Japanese.

With twenty percent of the dialogue in Hindi, Slumdog Millionaire\\xa0follows Jamal - accused of cheating on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - as he shares how his experiences growing up in and around Mumbai have given him the answers needed to win the prize.\\xa0

Thank you to Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music and Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork.

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