Oscar goes east west

I'm still a little bleary-eyed from staying up late to watch the Academy Awards last night, but I wanted to write a quick post about how pleased I was to see so many diverse faces and films up for Oscars this year. There is clearly a growing appreciation and acceptance of films from and about other cultures. Babel, Water, Letters from Iwo Jima and The Blood of the Yingzhou District all told eastern stories that touched western audiences. I took it as yet another sign that East West is truly onto something!