[Sam the Sham]

Hollywood is treading lightly.

Three minor Oscar nominations for TPOTC. I guess also the thought of Michael Moore making an acceptance speech for anything gave them pause.

[Borges]

Cinematagraphy is not minor at all. It's one of the primary arts of the movies.

[Houmatt]

Obviously AMPAS is not completely made up of stupid people. Because of the response Passion had received from audiences ($300 million domestic box office, making it the highest grossing independent film of all time), to ignore it completely would have spelled bad news for them.