Minari’s Screen Actor’s Guild Award nominations yesterday bode well for potential Oscar nominations. Nominations include:
* Outstanding Cast
* Steven Yeun–Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
* Youn Yuh-jung–Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (No surprise here. She’s a goddess of veteran Korean film and television. She plays the Grandma, though I’m not sure whose mother she plays)
So happy for Youn Yuh Jung!!! And the whole cast. Allow me to fantasize for a moment, how great would it be if Korean films won the Best Picture Oscars two years in a row? Wooooooo 🙋🏼♀️
I’m over the moon about their SAG nominations but I have mixed feelings about their Oscars nomination(s):
It’s definitely a step forward in Asian American representation in the industry, but “Minari” definitely should not have been nominated in the Foreign Film category…
Oscar 2021 nominations won’t come out until March 15. Minari wouldn’t even qualify as a “International Feature” film because it’s an American production.
Current nomination rules limit films to non-American productions that are predominantly non-English. There’s much to quibble about regarding the nomination process. Vox.com published an excellent explainer on the problems in Feb. 2020: The Oscar’s international film category is broken. Issues include:
(1) Countries select their own movies to submit and the process isn’t always transparent. (Selection committee members might be unknown, for example.)
(2) For some countries—where filmmakers are punished, censured and censored for their work—the politicized self-selection process ignores worthy films.
(3) The non-English language rules effectively bar English-speaking “foreign” countries like Nigeria from submitting their films for the international category. (The Vox article gets deep into this.)
(4) The rules are applied arbitrarily (good examples in the Vox article).
That’s right. I guess part of my fantasy is that Minari is also Korean? I completely forgot it’s actually American 👍🏼 But it would be great if the Best Oscar Pictures two years in a row were about Koreans, how’s that?
Fully agree! I’m thrilled to see a shift in stories being told by and through non-white artists. I have faith that audiences are sophisticated enough to connect with characters who are different from them.
Sorry, made a mistake— “Minari” was actually snubbed and placed under the Foreign Language category of a motion picture, therefore, scrapping its eligibility of competing for “Best Motion Picture” (even though its American produced), but this wasn’t done for 2009’s “Inglorious Bastards”, even though THAT film was only 30% in English
And this was decided by members of the FOREIGN press. What? I so don’t get it. 🤷🏻♀️ Ugh, but the comments on this article are great.
Counting down the days until we can see the film!
@bbstl, @bebeswtz, @ndlessjoie — I ran into an interesting problem last year when I tried to submit Minari as a film at MyDramaList. They rejected it because they didn’t consider it an Asian film. I knew it was an American production but had assumed the database had space for diaspora filmmakers who made a films in an Asian language. Nope.
Update Sat. Feb. 6: MyDramaList rules seem arbitrary. They just posted a trailer for the upcoming PBS Frontline doc A Thousand Cuts about Duterte’s war against the Philippine free press. I’m thrilled to see this included but it makes Minari’s exclusion even weirder.
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tsutsuloo
February 5, 2021 at 1:04 PM
Minari’s Screen Actor’s Guild Award nominations yesterday bode well for potential Oscar nominations. Nominations include:
* Outstanding Cast
* Steven Yeun–Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
* Youn Yuh-jung–Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (No surprise here. She’s a goddess of veteran Korean film and television. She plays the Grandma, though I’m not sure whose mother she plays)
SAG Award ceremony is Sun. April 4, 2021.
See more info on Minari’s virtual screening starting Fri. Feb. 12.
bbstl 🧹
February 5, 2021 at 1:41 PM
So happy for Youn Yuh Jung!!! And the whole cast. Allow me to fantasize for a moment, how great would it be if Korean films won the Best Picture Oscars two years in a row? Wooooooo 🙋🏼♀️
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
February 5, 2021 at 2:03 PM
I’m over the moon about their SAG nominations but I have mixed feelings about their Oscars nomination(s):
It’s definitely a step forward in Asian American representation in the industry, but “Minari” definitely should not have been nominated in the Foreign Film category…
mugyuljoie is preciousss
February 5, 2021 at 6:01 PM
Agreed.
tsutsuloo
February 6, 2021 at 8:38 AM
Oscar 2021 nominations won’t come out until March 15. Minari wouldn’t even qualify as a “International Feature” film because it’s an American production.
Current nomination rules limit films to non-American productions that are predominantly non-English. There’s much to quibble about regarding the nomination process. Vox.com published an excellent explainer on the problems in Feb. 2020: The Oscar’s international film category is broken. Issues include:
(1) Countries select their own movies to submit and the process isn’t always transparent. (Selection committee members might be unknown, for example.)
(2) For some countries—where filmmakers are punished, censured and censored for their work—the politicized self-selection process ignores worthy films.
(3) The non-English language rules effectively bar English-speaking “foreign” countries like Nigeria from submitting their films for the international category. (The Vox article gets deep into this.)
(4) The rules are applied arbitrarily (good examples in the Vox article).
bbstl 🧹
February 6, 2021 at 7:43 PM
That’s right. I guess part of my fantasy is that Minari is also Korean? I completely forgot it’s actually American 👍🏼 But it would be great if the Best Oscar Pictures two years in a row were about Koreans, how’s that?
tsutsuloo
February 6, 2021 at 8:11 PM
Fully agree! I’m thrilled to see a shift in stories being told by and through non-white artists. I have faith that audiences are sophisticated enough to connect with characters who are different from them.
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
February 6, 2021 at 10:03 PM
Sorry, made a mistake— “Minari” was actually snubbed and placed under the Foreign Language category of a motion picture, therefore, scrapping its eligibility of competing for “Best Motion Picture” (even though its American produced), but this wasn’t done for 2009’s “Inglorious Bastards”, even though THAT film was only 30% in English
https://nextshark.com/minari-golden-globes-foreign-language-film-best-picture/
bbstl 🧹
February 7, 2021 at 7:49 AM
And this was decided by members of the FOREIGN press. What? I so don’t get it. 🤷🏻♀️ Ugh, but the comments on this article are great.
Counting down the days until we can see the film!
Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
February 7, 2021 at 10:02 AM
Exactly
tsutsuloo
February 6, 2021 at 8:56 AM
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tsutsuloo
February 6, 2021 at 8:58 AM
@bbstl, @bebeswtz, @ndlessjoie — I ran into an interesting problem last year when I tried to submit Minari as a film at MyDramaList. They rejected it because they didn’t consider it an Asian film. I knew it was an American production but had assumed the database had space for diaspora filmmakers who made a films in an Asian language. Nope.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
February 6, 2021 at 2:59 PM
From my perspective the Golden Globe’s category for Minari is ridiculous, regrettable and that other “r” word.
tsutsuloo
February 6, 2021 at 4:29 PM
Ah, I hadn’t realized that. Yuck. Another reason to continue not paying attention to the Globes.😛
tsutsuloo
February 6, 2021 at 8:52 PM
Update Sat. Feb. 6: MyDramaList rules seem arbitrary. They just posted a trailer for the upcoming PBS Frontline doc A Thousand Cuts about Duterte’s war against the Philippine free press. I’m thrilled to see this included but it makes Minari’s exclusion even weirder.