Sound on Sight Podcast #308: 2012 Oscars Foreign Language Nominees, ‘A Separation’ and ‘Monsieur Lazhar’
The Academy Awards are just two weekends away, and we’ve been itching to talk about a pair of films that wound up getting nods in the Foreign Film category, so we’ve brought in a pair of guests to help us out. Zero Pretention co-host and real-life teacher is on hand to talk with us about widely acclaimed Quebec export Monsieur Lazhar, and SOS contributor Louis Godfrey joins us as we finally tackle Asghar Farhadi’s A Saparation.
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Music Playlist:
Memoryhouse – “The Kids Are Wrong”
Liz Phair – “Divorce Song”
Ricky D is the editor-in-chief of Sound on Sight and one of the hosts of 'Sound On Sight Radio', the 'Sordid Cinema' podcast and our videocast titled 'Front Row Center'. He also contributes written reviews when time permits.
Favorite films: 'Salo', 'Contempt', 'The Vanishing', 'Pulp Fiction' & 'La Haine'
Favorite Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Quentin Tarantino, P.T. Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Billy Wilder & Stanley Kubrick 
In the podcast you asked who votes on the foreign-language film Academy Awards. After a committee has selected the five foreign-language nominees, only academy members who have seen all five films in the theater – not on DVD – can vote for Best Foreign-Language Film. (I believe they verify your screening of the film in a theater by setting up academy member screenings where you enter and sign in — please!)