|
|
|
|
Welcome to Movies & Film
Movie Reviews, & Film Industry Commentary
|
|
Best Editing
Babel
Blood Diamond
Children of Men
The Departed
United 93
It’s easy for people not to take this category seriously but here’s a statistic for you of interest: since this category’s inception there have been only a dozen Best Picture Winners to win WITHOUT a nomination here out of the sixty nine year existance of this category. That being said look for The Departed to win here as not only is it excellent editing, but Editing legend (and multiple winner) Thelma Schoonmaker’s best work.
Best Cinematography
The Black Dahlia $
Children of Men $
The Illusionist $
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Prestige
Dahlia gives the feel of a modern film noir with it’s ‘old pictures’ look and Men has a ‘dirty’ look (akin to the Director and Cinematographers previous effort on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). Although magician’s stories’ Illusionist and Prestige are full of saturated frames and beautiful visuals, Pan’s Labyrinth’s use of vibrant colors gives it the edge in this category.
Best Foreign Film
Algeria – Days of Glory (Indigenes) - WWII tale of 4 North African’s that help the French in exchange for their help liberating their country from the Nazis.
Canada – Water - A group of widows forced into poverty in1930’s India.
Denmark – After the Wedding - An orphan manager discovers a family secret.
Germany – The Lives of Others - A socialist in 1980s East Germany is asked to watch a popular Actress.
+Mexico – Pan’s Labyrinth - A litttle girl whose abusive stepfather is a Captain in the Spanish Civil War lives in an imaginary world of her own creation that gradually blurs with reality.
The High Profile reception (and it’s five other nominations) gives horror Director Guillermo del Toro’s Spanish Civil War fairy tale Pan’s Labyrinth the edge. For an interesting contrast to this film with the same visual style, see del Toro’s quirky adaptation of Mike Mingnola’s Hellboy (2004). Water received support from George Lucas when Indian authorities tried to shut the production down. After the Wedding stars Mads Mikkelsen, who played the villanious Le Chiffe in the latest James Bond, Casino Royale. |
| Web Design by Denver Design Web |
|
|
|