Difficult list to pick from. Plus, no Control.
Went with Jesse James over Diving Bell and NCFOM.
Best Cinematography of 2007
I want to assure Penelope that before September, there was no piece of cinematography stronger than 'Sunshine'. Beautiful, beautiful-looking film...
...but 'Lust, Caution' belongs on that list. Rodrigo Prieto is a superstar and Focus Features drinks Oscar's milkshake every year. He's in. And lump in Eric Gautier who is also fast on his way to D.P. superstardom with 'The Motorcycle Diaries' and this year's 'Into the Wild' which made fantastic use of long lenses.
Deakins, Deakins, Elswitt, Kaminski, and McGarvey. Holy shitballs.
Even though I found the refracting lens technique overused, Deakins' work on 'The Assassination of Jesse James...' is a personal high-point with few pieces of celluloid this year matching the train robbery. Glorious. If I had to pick a runner up, it would be have to be Robert Elswitt whose formal compositions are a new high for the dude.
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...but 'Lust, Caution' belongs on that list. Rodrigo Prieto is a superstar and Focus Features drinks Oscar's milkshake every year. He's in. And lump in Eric Gautier who is also fast on his way to D.P. superstardom with 'The Motorcycle Diaries' and this year's 'Into the Wild' which made fantastic use of long lenses.
Deakins, Deakins, Elswitt, Kaminski, and McGarvey. Holy shitballs.
Even though I found the refracting lens technique overused, Deakins' work on 'The Assassination of Jesse James...' is a personal high-point with few pieces of celluloid this year matching the train robbery. Glorious. If I had to pick a runner up, it would be have to be Robert Elswitt whose formal compositions are a new high for the dude.
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as well as the gritty and gorgeous black-and-white cinematography of CONTROL.OscarGuy wrote:I think the wonderful work in Lust, Caution should have been added to this list.
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I don't know that Sweeney Todd's cinematography would make this one of the best line-ups in years. And (don't shoot me Pen) the work done on Atonement isn't so much impressive as it is competent and stately. For most of the film, I kept expecting Keira Knightly to turn to the camera and whisper, "Obsession by Calvin Klein." Or maybe that was just her lousy performance, I dunno.
I voted for Assassination. Oh apparently everyone else did too.
I voted for Assassination. Oh apparently everyone else did too.
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If the Academy's nominees for Best Cinematography come from any of these 9 films, it will without doubt rank as one of the best line-ups in the history of the Oscars, and a tough choice to make.
Which was your favorite?
Which was your favorite?
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