Trailer Tuesday: Broken Embraces

I'm not sure how much longer Trailer Tuesday will be able to sustain itself, seeing as most of the films we're talking about have either already been released or are well on their way to the theaters. Also, I'm just running out of ideas. This should be apparent by today's feature, considering it is not even eligible for the Best Foreign Picture Oscar.

This is an example of a tragedy caused by some of the asinine rules for Oscar voting. In the Foreign Film category, each country can only submit ONE FILM for consideration. Can you imagine? What if the BAFTA's did this to us? Unbelievable.

Anyway, that's the rule, and like it or not, the Spanish selection committee decided to go with The Dancer and the Thief (say what?) instead. Because Almodover is somewhat of a celebrity (or at least closer to a household name than any other Spanish director), some might find this shocking. However, his relationship with Spain is somewhat questionable. This was especially apparent in 2002 when he won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Talk to Her, his film that they did not submit for the Best Foreign Picture award (idiots).

So, while this film will not likely play a role in the 2010 Oscar ceremony (although I'm still hoping the Academy will recognize Penelope Cruz here, and not for Nine), I'm running out of options I felt it was worth a look.