“Life of Pi” and “Skyfall” among ASC award nominees

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:44:00 +0000

Just a day ahead of the Oscar nomination announcement, the 27th Annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards names its nominees for outstanding achievement in the feature film category: Seamus McGarvey,"Anna Karenina"; Danny Cohen,"Les Miserables"; Claudio Miranda, "Life of Pi"; Janusz Kaminski, "Lincoln"; Roger Deakins, "Skyfall" (bringing Deakins' career nominations to 11).

Via a press release, ASC president Stephen Lighthill noted that, though the range of films is diverse, “What they all have in common is that each project’s cinematographer contributed captivating visuals that enhanced and elevated the storytelling.”

The winner will be announced at the ASC Awards celebration on Feb. 10 in Hollywood.

Tolstoy meets “Moulin Rouge”

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:45:00 +0000

It’s hopeless to expect any film adaptation to capture every aspect of “Anna Karenina,” both because it’s a jillion pages long and because it’s arguably the greatest of all Russian novels. It’s a complex social satire of the late Russian Empire, a half-accidental feminist manifesto, an essay on the ambiguous and irresistible power of romantic love and a parable of Christian suffering and sacrifice. It’s the story of three marriages – one a disaster, one an unhappy compromise and the third a wonderful surprise – and two great loves, which over and over again contradicts its famous opening line: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

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“Life of Pi” and “Skyfall” among ASC award nominees

Tolstoy meets “Moulin Rouge”