Cinematography and Editing - A list of possibilities
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Jeffrey Wells is beside himself with praise over 'Children of Men', calling it the best movie of the year. A bit much? Perhaps, but he calls Emmanuel Lubeszki's lensing the stuff of legends. Have we reason to suspect otherwise? Lubezki has shot all of Cuaron's movies to luminous effect and is a three-time Oscar nominee. I think he looks like a pretty solid bet.
Usually Cinematography nods match up with Best Picture in twos or fours, only once since I started watching in '95 has it been three or one (in 2002, with 'Chicago', 'Gangs of New York', and 'The Pianist').
This year's lineup for Best Picture (RIGHT NOW) seems to be 'Babel', 'The Departed', 'Dreamgirls', 'Little Miss Sunshine', and - now that the soon-to-be-infamous Eastwood shuffle is on - 'The Queen'. Of these only Ballhaus can be called an Academy fave with three nominations (for 'Gangs of New York' and 'The Fabulous Baker Boys' and 'Broadcast News' - but somehow not 'The Age of Innocence' or 'Goodfellas', though esteem for his career with Scorsese and Fassbinder overflow'th), and although Prieto is getting there with his 'Brokeback' nod and accolades for 'Frida', '25th House', '8 Mile', and his work Innaritu. It's possible, but I see 'Babel' dividing as many people as it wins over. Possible.
I don't see Soderbergh's alias Peter Andrews making it in for 'The Good German' out of snob appeal alone.
'Dreamgirls'' Tobias A. Schliessler seems a lock as part of the 'Dreamgirls' juggernaut.
I think Vilmos Zsigmond for 'The Black Dahlia' (no bad ink for him) and Emmanuel Lubezki for 'Children of Men' looks like decent picks. Tom Stern could cancel with himself, leaving one more slot to go to possibly Lance Acord for his first career nod for 'Marie Antoinette', Wally Pfisker for his second consecutive for 'The Prestige', Stuart Dryburgh his second for 'The Painted Veil', or even Dean Sembler for 'Apocalypto'.
Usually Cinematography nods match up with Best Picture in twos or fours, only once since I started watching in '95 has it been three or one (in 2002, with 'Chicago', 'Gangs of New York', and 'The Pianist').
This year's lineup for Best Picture (RIGHT NOW) seems to be 'Babel', 'The Departed', 'Dreamgirls', 'Little Miss Sunshine', and - now that the soon-to-be-infamous Eastwood shuffle is on - 'The Queen'. Of these only Ballhaus can be called an Academy fave with three nominations (for 'Gangs of New York' and 'The Fabulous Baker Boys' and 'Broadcast News' - but somehow not 'The Age of Innocence' or 'Goodfellas', though esteem for his career with Scorsese and Fassbinder overflow'th), and although Prieto is getting there with his 'Brokeback' nod and accolades for 'Frida', '25th House', '8 Mile', and his work Innaritu. It's possible, but I see 'Babel' dividing as many people as it wins over. Possible.
I don't see Soderbergh's alias Peter Andrews making it in for 'The Good German' out of snob appeal alone.
'Dreamgirls'' Tobias A. Schliessler seems a lock as part of the 'Dreamgirls' juggernaut.
I think Vilmos Zsigmond for 'The Black Dahlia' (no bad ink for him) and Emmanuel Lubezki for 'Children of Men' looks like decent picks. Tom Stern could cancel with himself, leaving one more slot to go to possibly Lance Acord for his first career nod for 'Marie Antoinette', Wally Pfisker for his second consecutive for 'The Prestige', Stuart Dryburgh his second for 'The Painted Veil', or even Dean Sembler for 'Apocalypto'.
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this is how i see the nominations shaping up. check the trailers and tell me what you think.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Apacalypto
http://www.apple.com/trailer....ge.html
Dreamgirls
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?name=news&id=1543469&vid=114347
Flags Of Our Fathers
http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/flagsofourfathers/large.html
The Good German
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/thegoodgerman/hd/
The Painted Veil
http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wip....700.mov
-Alternatives-
The Prestige
http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/theprestige/large.html
The Black Dahlia
http://www.apple.com/trailer....ge.html
Babel
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_vantage/babel/trailer1/
Marie-Antoinette
http://www.apple.com/trailer....gh.html
Ask The Dust
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_classics/askthedust/large.html
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Apacalypto
http://www.apple.com/trailer....ge.html
Dreamgirls
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?name=news&id=1543469&vid=114347
Flags Of Our Fathers
http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/flagsofourfathers/large.html
The Good German
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/thegoodgerman/hd/
The Painted Veil
http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wip....700.mov
-Alternatives-
The Prestige
http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/theprestige/large.html
The Black Dahlia
http://www.apple.com/trailer....ge.html
Babel
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_vantage/babel/trailer1/
Marie-Antoinette
http://www.apple.com/trailer....gh.html
Ask The Dust
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_classics/askthedust/large.html
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"the painted veil" needs to be seriously considered for a cinematography nomination.
watch this trailer and then tell me it does not look impressive:
http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wip....700.mov
watch this trailer and then tell me it does not look impressive:
http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wip....700.mov
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So far, for Cinematography and Editing, I'm predicting these:
Cinematography
Across the Universe; Bruno Delbonnel
Apocalypto; Dean Semler (though recent events may cloud this movie's chances at any nominations now)
Dreamgirls; Tobias A. Schliessler
Flags of Our Fathers; Tom Stern
The Prestige; Wally Pfister
Film Editing
Babel; Stephen Mirrioine
The Departed; Thelma Schoonmacher
Dreamgirls; Virginia Katz
Flags of Our Fathers; Joel Cox
United 93; Claire Douglas, Richard Pearson & Christopher Rouse
Cinematography
Across the Universe; Bruno Delbonnel
Apocalypto; Dean Semler (though recent events may cloud this movie's chances at any nominations now)
Dreamgirls; Tobias A. Schliessler
Flags of Our Fathers; Tom Stern
The Prestige; Wally Pfister
Film Editing
Babel; Stephen Mirrioine
The Departed; Thelma Schoonmacher
Dreamgirls; Virginia Katz
Flags of Our Fathers; Joel Cox
United 93; Claire Douglas, Richard Pearson & Christopher Rouse
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i read that both the deakins films were 2007 releases, but they change the dates around so much i cannot keep up. if either one is a 2006, expect them to be nominated.
i saw the trailer for "the assasination of jesse james by the coward robert ford" and the cinematography looked great. kind of reminded me of "legends of the fall" -- brad pitt/wester/great cinematography.
the coen brothers always allow for great cinematography in their work. hopefully only one comes out this year so one does not get shut out.
as for "lady in the water," while shyamalan is an expert at using the camera to help tell the story in exciting ways, he is not known for "pretty" cinematography -- although "the village" came close with its nice use of shadow, natural candle light, and "good/bad" colors. however, you only get nominated for an oscar for pretty cinematography. why the academy thought "batman begins" gloomy (but striking which is the same as pretty) cinematography was better than the expert camera work "munich" is beyond me. the trailer for "lady in the water" does not scream pretty cinematography. doyle may have to wait until next year when peter weir's "shantaram" is released for his nomination.
i saw the trailer for "the assasination of jesse james by the coward robert ford" and the cinematography looked great. kind of reminded me of "legends of the fall" -- brad pitt/wester/great cinematography.
the coen brothers always allow for great cinematography in their work. hopefully only one comes out this year so one does not get shut out.
as for "lady in the water," while shyamalan is an expert at using the camera to help tell the story in exciting ways, he is not known for "pretty" cinematography -- although "the village" came close with its nice use of shadow, natural candle light, and "good/bad" colors. however, you only get nominated for an oscar for pretty cinematography. why the academy thought "batman begins" gloomy (but striking which is the same as pretty) cinematography was better than the expert camera work "munich" is beyond me. the trailer for "lady in the water" does not scream pretty cinematography. doyle may have to wait until next year when peter weir's "shantaram" is released for his nomination.
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You missed Roger Deakins, who will probably be nominated for either The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (easily the best movie title in years, maybe since personal favorite Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia) or Hail Caesar (if it is out by then). He will also probably be the best nominee by far, and lose to some ridiculous piece of crap.
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here is my early short list of picks for cinematography and editing noms. of course, this is simply based on looking at past nominees and the tops in each filed, and also looking at certain directors who are known for making films with good cinematography and editing.
obviously the real challengers will not reveal themselves until we can actually see the films, but i have seen some previews that look really good.
also, a film being nominated for best picture always helps its chances in these fields, particularly editing.
let me know what you think.
---CINEMATOGRAPHY---
=LIKELY=
DEAN SEMLER
*APOCALYPTO (MEL GIBSON)
STUART DRYBURGH
*THE PAINTED VEIL
PAWEL EDELMAN
*ALL THE KING'S MEN (STEVE ZAILLIAN)
TOBIAS SCHLIESSLER
*DREAMGIRLS
MICHAEL BALLHAUS
*THE DEPARTED (MARTIN SCORSCESE)
TOM STERN
*FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (CLINT EASTWOOD)
=POSSIBLE=
CALEB DESCHANEL
**ASK THE DUST
ROBERT RICHARDSON
**THE GOOD SHEPHERD
EMMANUEL LUBEZKI
**THE CHILDREN OF MEN (ALFONSO CURAN)
VILMOS ZSIGMOND
**THE BLACK DHALIA (BRIAN DE PALMA)
RODRIGO PRIETO
**BABEL (ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU)
PHILIPPE LE SOURD
**A GOOD YEAR (RIDLEY SCOTT)
BRUNO DELBONNEL
**ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (JULIE TAYMOR)
WALLY PFISTER
**THE PRESTIGE (CHRIS NOLAN)
=LONGSHOT=
CHRIS MENGES
***NOTES ON A SCANDAL
JOHN TOLL
***RISE
***SERAPHIM FALLS
DION BEEBE
***MIAMI VICE
BRUNO DELBONNEL
***INFAMOUS
DANTE SPINOTTI
***THE CONTRACT
REMI ADEFARASIN
***AMAZING GRACE
SEAMUS MCGARVEY
***WORLD TRADE CENTER
HARRIS SAVIDES
***ZODIAC
NEWTON THOMAS SIGEL
***SUPERMAN RETURNS
---EDITING---
=LIKELY=
THELMA SCHOONMAKER
*THE DEPARTED (MARTIN SCORSCESE)
JOEL COX
*FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (CLINT EASTWOOD)
VIRGINIA KATZ
*DREAMGIRLS
TARIQ ANWAR
*THE GOOD SHEPHERD
WILLIAM GOLDENBERG
**MIAMI VICE (MICHAEL MANN)
PAUL RUBELL
**MIAMI VICE (MICHAEL MANN)
=POSSIBLE=
DAVID BRENNER
**WORLD TRADE CENTER (OLIVER STONE)
JULIE MONROE
**WORLD TRADE CENTER (OLIVER STONE)
ANGUS WALL
**ZODIAC (DAVID FINCHER)
STEVEN SODERBERGH
**THE GOOD GERMAN
STEPHEN MIRRIONE
**BABEL (ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU)
=LONGSHOT=
DAN HANLEY
***THE DA VINCI CODE
MIKE HILL
***THE DA VINCI CODE
CONRAD BUFF
***SERAPHIM FALLS
MARK WARNER
***THE CONTRACT
LEE SMITH
***THE PRESTIGE (CHRISTOPHER NOLAN)
DODY DORN
***A GOOD YEAR (RIDLEY SCOTT)
ELLIOT GRAHAM
***SUPERMAN RETURNS
JOHN OTTMAN
***SUPERMAN RETURNS
obviously the real challengers will not reveal themselves until we can actually see the films, but i have seen some previews that look really good.
also, a film being nominated for best picture always helps its chances in these fields, particularly editing.
let me know what you think.
---CINEMATOGRAPHY---
=LIKELY=
DEAN SEMLER
*APOCALYPTO (MEL GIBSON)
STUART DRYBURGH
*THE PAINTED VEIL
PAWEL EDELMAN
*ALL THE KING'S MEN (STEVE ZAILLIAN)
TOBIAS SCHLIESSLER
*DREAMGIRLS
MICHAEL BALLHAUS
*THE DEPARTED (MARTIN SCORSCESE)
TOM STERN
*FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (CLINT EASTWOOD)
=POSSIBLE=
CALEB DESCHANEL
**ASK THE DUST
ROBERT RICHARDSON
**THE GOOD SHEPHERD
EMMANUEL LUBEZKI
**THE CHILDREN OF MEN (ALFONSO CURAN)
VILMOS ZSIGMOND
**THE BLACK DHALIA (BRIAN DE PALMA)
RODRIGO PRIETO
**BABEL (ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU)
PHILIPPE LE SOURD
**A GOOD YEAR (RIDLEY SCOTT)
BRUNO DELBONNEL
**ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (JULIE TAYMOR)
WALLY PFISTER
**THE PRESTIGE (CHRIS NOLAN)
=LONGSHOT=
CHRIS MENGES
***NOTES ON A SCANDAL
JOHN TOLL
***RISE
***SERAPHIM FALLS
DION BEEBE
***MIAMI VICE
BRUNO DELBONNEL
***INFAMOUS
DANTE SPINOTTI
***THE CONTRACT
REMI ADEFARASIN
***AMAZING GRACE
SEAMUS MCGARVEY
***WORLD TRADE CENTER
HARRIS SAVIDES
***ZODIAC
NEWTON THOMAS SIGEL
***SUPERMAN RETURNS
---EDITING---
=LIKELY=
THELMA SCHOONMAKER
*THE DEPARTED (MARTIN SCORSCESE)
JOEL COX
*FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (CLINT EASTWOOD)
VIRGINIA KATZ
*DREAMGIRLS
TARIQ ANWAR
*THE GOOD SHEPHERD
WILLIAM GOLDENBERG
**MIAMI VICE (MICHAEL MANN)
PAUL RUBELL
**MIAMI VICE (MICHAEL MANN)
=POSSIBLE=
DAVID BRENNER
**WORLD TRADE CENTER (OLIVER STONE)
JULIE MONROE
**WORLD TRADE CENTER (OLIVER STONE)
ANGUS WALL
**ZODIAC (DAVID FINCHER)
STEVEN SODERBERGH
**THE GOOD GERMAN
STEPHEN MIRRIONE
**BABEL (ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU)
=LONGSHOT=
DAN HANLEY
***THE DA VINCI CODE
MIKE HILL
***THE DA VINCI CODE
CONRAD BUFF
***SERAPHIM FALLS
MARK WARNER
***THE CONTRACT
LEE SMITH
***THE PRESTIGE (CHRISTOPHER NOLAN)
DODY DORN
***A GOOD YEAR (RIDLEY SCOTT)
ELLIOT GRAHAM
***SUPERMAN RETURNS
JOHN OTTMAN
***SUPERMAN RETURNS
"When it comes to the subject of torture, I trust a woman who was married to James Cameron for three years."
-- Amy Poehler in praise of Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow
-- Amy Poehler in praise of Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow