Variety has this quick hit:
"Slumdog Millionaire" continued its winning ways on Sunday night when the American Society of Cinematographers awarded the film's d.p., Anthony Dod Mantle its feature film prize at the 23rd Annual ASC Awards ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The award follows top honors bestowed on "Slumdog" by SAG, DGA, PGA, WGA and the Art Directors Guild.
The Brit d.p. -- an Oscar nominee whose largely hand-held work consisted of a combination of digital and 35 mm imagery -- also has won cinematography kudos from BAFTA and Camerimage, the Polish film fest devoted to the art of cinematography.
In television, Nelson Cragg won the episodic TV award for his work on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("For Gedda"), while David Stockton took home the TV movie/miniseries/pilot award for "Eleventh Hour." Both shows air on CBS.
The evening also included a slew of honorary laurels, including the ASC Board of Governors Award presented to "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan; the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award to Jack Green, best known for his d.p. work with Clint Eastwood, who presented the award; the ASC International Achievement Award to Aussie lenser Donald McAlpine ("Romeo + Juliet," "Moulin Rouge!"); the ASC Career Achievement in Television Award to Robert Liu ("Desperate Housewives"); and the ASC Presidents Award to Isidore Mankofsky.
Other presenters included actors Amy Adams and Simon Baker, director Paul Mazursky and d.p. Wally Pfister, who was also a nominee for his work on "The Dark Knight."
-It's all looking more and more inevitable...thoughts?
The Brit d.p. -- an Oscar nominee whose largely hand-held work consisted of a combination of digital and 35 mm imagery -- also has won cinematography kudos from BAFTA and Camerimage, the Polish film fest devoted to the art of cinematography.
In television, Nelson Cragg won the episodic TV award for his work on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("For Gedda"), while David Stockton took home the TV movie/miniseries/pilot award for "Eleventh Hour." Both shows air on CBS.
The evening also included a slew of honorary laurels, including the ASC Board of Governors Award presented to "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan; the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award to Jack Green, best known for his d.p. work with Clint Eastwood, who presented the award; the ASC International Achievement Award to Aussie lenser Donald McAlpine ("Romeo + Juliet," "Moulin Rouge!"); the ASC Career Achievement in Television Award to Robert Liu ("Desperate Housewives"); and the ASC Presidents Award to Isidore Mankofsky.
Other presenters included actors Amy Adams and Simon Baker, director Paul Mazursky and d.p. Wally Pfister, who was also a nominee for his work on "The Dark Knight."
-It's all looking more and more inevitable...thoughts?
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It would be nice if TDK actually upsets here. Unfortunately, this category has jokingly become "best pretty colors." The photography in Slumdog was really good, but Pfister's cinematography is really what enhanced the total viewing experience of the film. It wasn't quite as showy as Mantle, but I think the achievement for the film was better. Still, anyone who remembers Children of Men vs. Pan's Labyrinth knows they don't really care about that kind of achievement.
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ReplyDeleteI think that this is becoming a bit absurd. Is Slumdog really better than all of these other films in the tech categories? It certainly deserves Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay. But Sound, Editing, and Cinematography? Really? The Dark Knight was the best shot film of the year and should practically have cinematography in the bag for the IMAX shots alone, and let's not forget about the GORGEOUS cinematography for the rest of the film. I'm sorry, but as great of a film as Slumdog was, this sweep is kind of unacceptable because it's ignoring the superior achievements of the other films. It's as if the voters are simply voting for Slumdog because they just loved the film so much, as opposed to really paying attention to the individual aspects of the film as well as the other films.
ReplyDeleteThat sort of blind voting for Slumdog was really evident during the SAG Awards. I can't find any excuse that says that ensemble was better than Milk or Doubt. People are just voting with the movie and not really the actual achievements. Let's just pray we're wrong on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't count on it. Not that Slumdog isn't a great film, its just that everyone is pretty much blindly voting for it in everything. Makes for a bit of an embarrassment in terms of winners choices ala The Golden Compass winning Best Visual Effects over Transformers.
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