Who *will* win the best cinematography Oscar for 2009? Who *should* win?
*Claudio Miranda for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
*Wally Pfister for The Dark Knight?
*Chris Menges and Roger Deakins for The Reader
*Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire
Also, let me know another great film your Best cinematography pick has filmed in the past. What other film should I watch if I loved them in 2008?
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Should: The Dark Knight
This category honors the masters of light and camera movement who conjure up the images that so often linger on in our dreams. This year it's a real horse race, between Anthony Dod Mantle, who used a handheld camera and bursts of unexpected color to create a sense of delirious energy in Slumdog Millionaire, and Wally Pfister, who conjured up a magisterial vision of a modern urban hell in The Dark Knight. (For those who saw The Dark Knight in the IMAX format, his achievement was even more awe-inspiring.) Slumdog mania will propel Mantle to victory, but Pfister -- previously nominated for two other Christopher Nolan films, Batman Begins and The Prestige -- is clearly overdue.
Watch 28 Days Later - by the same duo - Danny Boyle and Anthony Dod Mantle
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Here's a really good article on it:
http://www.theasc.com/magazine_dynamic/July2008/TheDarkKnight/page1.php
Although, I think that with the limited resources given to Slumdog Millionaire, Mantle really should take home the prize. It's a very well executed movie and the cinematography plays a huge part in this.
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Slumdog Millionaire had some great cinematography too, but The Dark Knight blew it away. It had such a distinctive look that you could *feel* yourself becoming immersed within the story and drawn into the world created. It was extremely stylized, yet it somehow maintained a realistic look.
I was having a discussion with one of my film teachers, and one thing he found particularly impressive, it was the first ever feature film to be shot specifically with iMax cameras. In case you don't know, the iMax cameras are HUGE, so it's amazing they were able to pull off filming entire scenes with them. Much respect to Wally Pfister, and I wish him the best of luck!
Here's the trailer for Batman, so you can see for yourself!
Film student
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