[UPDATE: Sorry. Somehow the comments got disabled on this post yesterday, so I'm bumping it back up to the top to give everyone another chance to make their selections.]
The American Society of Cinematographers announce their nominees today. We’ve expanded the sidebar to include more titles, but you guys might have other favorites.
[UPDATE #2: Nominations announced this morning:]
Roger Deakins, Revolutionary Road
Roger Deakins & Chris Menges, The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
Claudio Miranda, Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
Will any of the following be able to unseat the above nominees for Oscar?
Eduardo Serra, Defiance
Mandy Walker, Australia
Harry Savides, Milk
Stephen Soderbergh, Che
Colin Watkinson, The Fall
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Anthony Dod Mantle, hands down
“Benjamin Button” for the win. No 2008 movie approached its breathtaking beauty, magnificent lighting work, or every absorbing, painterly shot.
Next: “Australia,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Revolutionary Road,” and “The Dark Knight.”
Incidentally, those are also my predictons.
Deakins. And he needs an Oscar this year. It’s kinda criminal he hasn’t won yet.
My predictions for both AMPAS and ASC:
Mandy Walker, Australia
Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
Roger Deakins, Revolutionary Road
Antony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
The Dark Knight
The Fall
Australia
Defiance
Revolutionary Road
Not very impressed with Slumdog’s cinematography and Button looked metallic and digitized.
Also consider
Che
The Reader
Milk
The Dark Knight
The Fall
Australia
Defiance
Revolutionary Road
Not very impressed with Slumdog’s cinematography and Button looked metallic and digitized.
Also consider
Che
The Reader
Wally Pfister – The DarK Knight
Claudio Miranda – Curious Case of B. Button
Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
Chris Menges – The Reader
Roger Deakins – Revolutionary Road
NGNG: Gyula Pados – The Duchess
I´m crossing my fingers for Roger Deakins- he really is overdue for a win!
His work in “Barton Fink” remains as one of the finest works in cinematography I have seen to date.
Aren’t they announced yet? The forums have the list up?
Mandy Walker, Australia
Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
Roger Deakins, Revolutionary Road
Antony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
NGNG: Dean Semler, Appaloosa
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Aren’t these the final five?
That’s nearly right, Ivich. Thanks. The ASC has announced this morning (or overnight) and they cite Roger Deakins for two films — Revolutionary Road and The Reader.
Roger Deakins, Revolutionary Road & The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
Chris Menges, The Reader
Claudio Miranda, Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
So, there you have it.
Anyone awake before 6 a.m., thanks for playing! ha.
Colin Watkinson… *maybe*
I thought Vicky Christin Barcelona had a shot at this. Hmm.
Rest of the nominees seem spot-on.
T.
Slumdog Millionaire
The Dark Knight
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Revolutionary Road
Australia
Is WALL-E ineligible?
I am in Mumbai, India that’s how I noted it. Otherwise no way am I awake at 6am! Never ever.
What time can we expect WGA to announce?
Fun stat of the day: Since 1998, 20 of the last 24 films to receive nominations from both the ASC and the American Cinema Editors went on to a Best Picture nomination.
meh
“Is WALL-E ineligible?”
Would be interesting if it were, Michael Parsons. That would make 4 major films on which Roger Deakins worked in 2008, all vying for Best Cinematography.
Maybe that’s his plan. Ultimately be nominated for 5 different movies, so that way he can finally be assured of an Oscar win.
I think this list will be like this:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Robin, last year Variety had the WGA nominees posted around noon, Pacific Time.
I’m sorry but Australia was the big snub here. Was it because their DP was a female & a newcomer? Sexism or just straight up bias for the veterans like Deakins but still the five best were: Australia, Curious Case, Slumdog, The Dark Knight, & The Reader.
Even though The Fall wasn’t the greatest film out this year, I believe it has one of the most AMAZING cinematography, Art Direction and Costume Design this year and definetly deserves a nomination come Oscar time.
Ryan,
Do you think Roger Deakins will cancel himself out yet again?? His work on Jesse James was some of the finest I have ever seen in any film!
Actually, I thought The Fall was the best film of the last several years (you have to see it several times to grasp how intricately the told story reflects the frame), and it certainly deserves Cinematography and Art Direction nominations (probably Costumes, too). But then again, everyone I knew thought that Deakins deserved the Oscar last year for Jesse James, and that didn’t happen, either. Degree of commercial success plays far too important a role in this, but that’s the way the human brain works (e.g., it really helps to be a good hitter to win a Gold Glove for fielding in baseball). I can guarantee that anyone who doesn’t think The Fall deserves a cinematography nod didn’t see it. Unfortunately, that’s just about everyone.
I wish a nominations for TDK and for Milk.
I agree. The Fall had the best cinematography, art direction and costumes. How it can be totally overlooked is astonishing.
No “Australia” is FUCKED up. Fucked. Up.
That is one stunningly gorgeous film, and instead they nominate “THE READER?” Are you kidding? Throw that one out, replace it with “Australia” and you have the perfect lineup. Hopefully the Oscar’s, too.
Bill M., I would suspect it quite possibly was sexism that resulted in the Australia snub. I don’t think that any of the ASC’s membership, or at least enough of it, is female.
But I do think that it will make it to the Oscars though. Deakins probably won’t be double nommed imo. The Reader simply doesn’t have the momentum to bag any extra noms from the Academy at this point, whereas Australia’s tech specs are pretty strong, despite the overall critical reception.
I agree with you, The Natural. Replace The Reader with Australia, and you have a pretty strong (and pretty sure-fire, I’d say) list for AMPAS. I certainly hope it makes it, Mandy Walker’s cinematography was my favorite in a damn good year for well-lensed films. But I also greatly appreciated Deakins’ and Menges’ contibutio to The Reader, I thought they did a fine job indeed. Just not as fine as Walker’s.
I agree with Bill M. But why not take out Revolutionary Road? I haven’t seen The Reader yet, but RR was pretty standard. Just some pretty shots of pretty people in the sunlight. A bland, blah affair all around. Who cares about Deakins; he doesn’t deserve even a nomination this year.
You know who else deserves a nomination? Tom Stern for Changeling. He has done several Clint Eastwood movies now, and even though his work ultimately drives some of the energy out of Changeling, it fits the time period well, soaking you in the moment. As even Australia’s harshest detractors should admit, this once again is an example of unfair bias against a film for its creative flaws.
Roger Deakins is OVERDUE!
No respect for digital, although they write article after article about digital cinema in their magazine.
“Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight”
i always knew and hoped (believe it: even before TDK released) that Wally would be winning the oscar this time, and i’m happy to know he’s nominated (as expected).
Also i’ve this strange theory:
DP’s who have been either nominated or won earlier have more chances to win the oscars in the current race. and only Chris Menges & Roger Deakins (The Reader) are leading the list with 3(2 won) for former + 8 previous nominations for the latter respectively. And next is Wally Pfister with 2 previous nominations. The rest are nominated for the first time.
So fingers crossed.
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