by Nathaniel R
Lukasz Zal's exquisite black and white cinematography for COLD WAR has been somewhat overshadowed by Cuarón's ROMA. Can Zal score his second Oscar nod?
It's that Oscar nomination voting week when the awards just don't stop, everybody getting boosts via the Globe wins, the BAFTA nominations (soon), and multiple guild announcements. Here's two more after the jump with commentary for cinematography and sound categories...
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS NOMINATIONS
Theatrical Release
Matthew Libatique also appears in A Star is Born as a photographer shooting Ally in one scene
- Alfonso Cuarón for “Roma”
- Matthew Libatique, ASC for “A Star is Born”
- Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC for “The Favourite”
- Linus Sandgren, ASC, FSF for “First Man”
- Łukasz Żal, PSC for “Cold War”
A fine fine list though we're a bit surprised to see James Laxton miss for If Beale Street Could Talk. He could still show up at the Oscars knocking one of these films out.
Spotlight Award
Why hasn't Netflix started streaming GIRL yet?
- Joshua James Richards for “The Rider”
- Giorgi Shvelidze for “Namme”
- Frank van den Eeden, NSC, SBC for “Girl”
This is our favourite award that the ASC gives out, honoring fresh cinematographers. International films are included in the mix sometimes as we see her. I had lots of issues with Belgium's Oscar submission and Golden Globe nominee Girl but it was very well shot. And of course The Rider is a sunset heavy western ravishment. The third nominee is a lesser known picture that was Georgia's Oscar submission.
Episode of a Series for Non-Commercial Television
- Gonzalo Amat for “The Man in the High Castle”: “Jahr Null”
- Adriano Goldman, ASC, ABC for “The Crown”: “Beryl”
- David Klein, ASC for “Homeland”: “Paean to the People”
- Colin Watkinson, ASC for “The Handmaid’s Tale”: “The Word”
- Cathal Watters, ISC for “Peaky Blinders”: “The Company”
- Zoë White, ACS for “The Handmaid’s Tale”: “Holly”
Adriano Goldman is so underappreciated. He used to shoot Cary Fukunaga pictures and always did them superbly (see Sin Nombre and Jane Eyre for proof)
Episode of a Series for Commercial Television
- Nathaniel Goodman, ASC for “Timeless”: “The King of the Delta Blues”
- Jon Joffin, ASC for “Beyond”: “Two Zero One”
- Ben Richardson for “Yellowstone”: “Daybreak”
- David Stockton, ASC for “Gotham”: “A Dark Knight: Queen Takes Knight”
- Thomas Yatsko, ASC for “Damnation”: “A Different Species”
There's too much television. Who can keep up with all the shows.
Motion Picture, Miniseries, or Pilot Made for Television
- James Friend, BSC for “Patrick Melrose”: “Bad News”
- Mathias Herndl, AAC for “Genius: Picasso”: “Chapter 1”
- Florian Hoffmeister, BSC for “The Terror”: “Go for Broke”
- M. David Mullen, ASC for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (pilot)
- Brendan Steacy, CSC for “Alias Grace”: “Part 1”
Hmmm, yours truly has not seen most of these and hadn't heard them discussed as beautiful production (except for Mrs Maisel of course). Did anything great miss? Let us know please if you watch lots of TV
CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY NOMINATIONS
we knew FIRST MAN would rally with Guild nominations
Live Action
- A Quiet Place
- A Star is Born
- Black Panther
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- First Man
The exquisite soundscape of Roma isn't included but just note that this list rarely lines up exactly with Oscar. In the past four years it's gone 4 of 5 thrice but 2 of 5 (!!!) once. Nevertheless you can probably call these the front runners for sound mixing and maybe even sound effects editing nominations though the sound editing nods tend to differ a little bit and lean more towards action so A Star is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody might not be strong there.
Animated
- Dr Seuss's The Grinch
- Incredibles 2
- Isle of Dogs
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
This is also probably your Oscar list minus The Grinch which we think will fall to either Mirai or Early Man. We used to think Ruben Brandt Collector but no one is talking about that picture. Would have helped had it had more than a qualifying release.
Documentary
- Fahrenheit 11/9
- Free Solo
- Quincy
- They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Only Free Solo & Won't You Be My Neighbor are still eligible for the Oscar for Best Documentary but this is a sound award so different rules, via the guilds not the Oscars.
OSCAR CHARTS FOR VISUAL CATEGORIES
OSCAR CHARTS FOR SOUND CATEGORIES