| The Chinese-language film "Grouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was awarded the Oscar for Best Foreign
Film at the star-studded 73rd annual Academy Awards held in Los Angeles
Sunday night.
Directed by Taiwan-born Ang Lee, the martial arts fantasy has won
high acclaim at Hollywood by getting 10 Oscar nominations. It has
already won the Oscars for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography
and Best Original Score at the grand awarding ceremony held at the
Shrine Auditorium.
The film, a combination of dazzling martial arts action and beautiful
scenery in China, made history by becoming the first foreign-language
film to break the 100 million-dollar barriers at the North American
box office.
On Saturday, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon just won three awards
at the Independent Spirit Awards, the latest in a string of honors.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon also won several awards from the
Directors Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the
Golden Globes.
"I think the audience is getting cynical today and longing
for old fashioned film-making, that innocence," Ang Lee told
reporters at a party before attending the awarding ceremony.
"I think maybe Hollywood has failed to do that... they don't
always provide the most fresh and exciting and unpredictable movies
that give people a thrill," he said.
Lee believed this movie has harnessed the creative power of Hong
Kong filmmaking, still the dominant force in martial arts film.
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