Founded 81 years ago, the Oscars are the most influential film awards in the world. If you must understand Hollywood before you can understand the American film industry, then surely nothing represents Hollywood like the Oscars, which are put on by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
已有 81 年歷史的奧斯卡，是全球最具影響力的電影盛會，可以說，要了解美國電影，就要先了解美國電影的夢工廠──好萊塢；而好萊塢的代表，正是由影藝學院負責的「奧斯卡」。