Oscar Volley: Oscar's Choice for "Best Cinematography" (and more)
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 10:05PM The team is pairing off to discuss each Oscar race. Here's Glenn Dunks and Eric Blume...
ELVIS Cinematography by Mandy Walker OSCAR NOMINATED
GLENN: Hi Eric, let's talk all things camera and light—it's Best Cinematography. Can I just start by asking one big question regarding this particular category. What happened to Top Gun: Maverick here? Claudio Miranda, previous Oscar winner for Life of Pi, was supposed to be our runaway favorite and yet on nomination morning, Lydia Tár claimed one final scalp amid her reign of terror. And a second question, I suppose. Did that Top Gun miss just hand this trophy to All Quiet on the Western Front? As much as I am craving a win for Mandy Walker (for many reasons including how historic it would be), I just can't see anything but the German war movie coming out on top here.
ERIC: Glenn, two excellent questions. Let's tackle the first...