Word: satyavit
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...Africa, Gandhi). For a while there, it seemed that the Academy had abandoned fiction altogether. And then, they suddenly raised Silence of the Lambs to the level of a Best Picture, in the sweet company of other Best Pictures with less sordid subjects. The Academy also awarded Indian filmmaker Satyavit Ray with an honorary Oscar, showing their somewhat broader vision (although in presenting the award, Audrey Hepburn tagged India with that ancient stereotype "mysterious"). It was a year for fiction, but for outrageous and shocking fiction. It wasn't a year for the sweet and docile fiction of Fried Green...
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