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Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 1:38 PM

Read this Article with Caution (and Maybe Lust)

Ramin Setoodeh

This just in ... Ang Lee's new movie "Lust, Caution" has been banned from the Oscars!?! Actually, it's just not eligible for Best Foreign Film, because too few of its crew is from Taiwan. If you're confused, you're not alone—the foreign press is wrongly reporting that the movie can't compete at all. (It's still eligible in other categories.) The Academy's process for nominating Best Foreign Film is so murky, the GoldDigger can't explain it to you here. But read this David Ansen article, with reporting from yours truly, about why some of the greatest foreign films are never nominated. 

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