What was the name of the 1998 Italian film which was nominated for a best picture Oscar?
Academy Award for Best Picture nomination should be an indication of extraordinary merit. If there are only eight pictures that truly earn that honor in a given year, we shouldn't feel an obligation to round out the number." One point of contention with the award is the lack of consideration of non-English language films for Best Picture. Only nine foreign language films have been nominated in the category: "Grand Illusion" (French, 1938); "Z" (French, 1969); "The Emigrants" (Swedish, 1972); "Cries and Whispers" (Swedish, 1973); "" (Italian/Spanish, 1995); "Life Is Beautiful" (Italian, 1998); "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Mandarin Chinese, 2000); "Letters from Iwo Jima" (Japanese, 2006,
Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Film Editing The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is one of the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. For 33 consecutive years, 1981 to 2013, every Best Picture winner had also been nominated for the Film Editing Oscar, and about two thirds of the Best Picture winners have also won for Film Editing. Only the principal, "above the line" editor(s) as listed in the film's credits are named on the award; additional editors, supervising editors,