Oscars 2018 Best Cinematography

Is the award for DoP on the night or shoved off to the forgotten table with all the techy awards?

It's on the big night. All the ones listed in Holden's threads (and a number of others, enumerated fully on the Oscar Picks pool page) are during the "actual" ceremony. 24 in all.

Thanks, Yods. Are the tech awards televised over there? I saw a show on them one night with BTS footage and it was really interesting

I don't think it's gotten anywhere near as much backlash as Three Billboards has, though. People have been constantly arguing about the film's contentious subject matter and approach, whereas Darkest Hour only faces a backlash for being yet another generic piece of award-bait that happens to be the favourite in a major category.

As for the actual contenders - obviously, I want Deakins to win at least once but between the fact that he's Deakins and recent sci-fi cinematography Oscar-winners being flashy spectacles like Inception or Gravity, I don't particularly like his chances of winning for Blade Runner. After that, my order goes Laustsen/Morrison/Hoytema/Delbonnel.

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Ouch.

About damn time.

He will probably win three in a row now

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Now that he's won, can we call him the Meryl Streep of cinematography?

Please don't. I don't know what happened to me and Meryl. I used to be a big fan but the rose is off the bloom. Adaptation still rocks.

The seal is broken.

RELEASE THE DEAKINS

Just meant purely in terms of nominations. I'm okay with Streep, but get why you wouldn't want me to. Deakins is amazing though.

Meryl was real good in The Post. It's those Into the Woods nominations that baffle me.

Yeah, but at this point I can't help but feel she's getting the nom just cause she's Streep. I think there were quite a few better female performances this year.

I was just teasing anyway. Yeah, I am very pleased he finally won.

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On the Deakins Spectrum...


*Skyfall, Blade Runner 2049, O Brother Where Art Thou?, No Country for Old Men, Unbroken, Prisoners, and Blade Runner 2049