Summary
On the international front, releases such as Dev, Deewaar and Veer Zaara reconfirmed the chart-topping popularity of Bollywood cinema in Britain. Meanwhile, Italy and Russia offered haunting visions of the terrors of childhood in I'm Not Scared and The Return, respectively; Spain's Take My Eyes took a moving and insightful look at spousal abuse; and the French shocker Switchblade Romance gave the slasher genre a savage new edge.
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Heroes and Villains
For some, it was the year in which Bill Murray was robbed of an Oscar for his turn in Lost in Translation, while his co-star Scarlett Johansson lent a touch of Hollywood glamour to the British Academy Film Awards. For others, it was a battle betwe...
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