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February 16, 2010 by Guest Author
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James Cameron and his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow are at the top of the Oscar world with nine nominations apiece for “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker.” “Inglorious Basterds” (with Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart) Zehnte Studio Babelsberg Produktion also shines with eight nominations.
by Andreas Fuchs
Quentin Tarantino was nominated twice for directing and screenplay while several German talents dominate the technical categories. As expected, Christoph Waltz was nominated as best actor in a supporting role, and the movie “The White Ribbon” (X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production) for best foreign language film and for Christian Berger’s cinematography.
High hopes for other German films were realized with nominations for Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station” (Egoli Tossell Film/Zephyr Film Production). Bartosz Konopka and Anna Wydra’s German-Polish coproduction about the rabbits who lived between the Berlin wall, “Rabbit à la Berlin,” qualified as a documentary short. Other surprises were the good performance of “District 9” with four nominations, including best picture and adapted screenplay, and the double nomination of “Up” for best picture and animation film (five nominations). With six nominations apiece, both for best picture and two or three actor nominations, “Precious” and “Up in the Air” lived up to the artistic expectations of the Academy.
“Avatar” would have made it even without ten best picture nominees. The expansion helped popular titles such as “The Blind Side” (together with Sandra Bullock), “District 9” and “Up” receive up to nine nominations. Indie films such as “An Education” and “A Serious Man” would otherwise have most likely gone away empty-handed.
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On his way to the Academy Awards, Christian Berger received recognition from his peers at the American Society of Cinematographers for his camera work on “The White Ribbon.” Congratulations.
Schwarz-weißes „Band“ gut fotografiert
Am 27. Februar ehrte der Verband der Kameraleute neben Caleb Deschanel (Lifetime Achievement), Chris Menges (International Award) und Morgan Freeman (Board of Governors Award) und den Jahresbestleistungen für Fernsehen auch den bestfotografierten Spielfilm. Nach Auszeichnungen durch die Filmkritiker in Los Angeles und New York sowie aus den Händen der National Society of Film Critics, sieht sich Christian Berger (AAC) damit nun auch von den Berufskollegen in der American Society of Cinematographers geehrt.
Nach Bruno Delbonnel, der 2004 für „A Very Long Engagement” ausgezeichnet wurde, ist Berger der zweite für einen Fremdsprachenfilm geehrte Kameramann. Der letzte schwarz-weiß Film „The Man Who Wasn’t There“ wurde 2002 von Roger Deakins ASC-würdig fotografiert. Bei den 24. ASC Awards stach „The White Ribbon“ damit „Avatar” (Mauro Fiore), „The Hurt Locker“ (Barry Ackroyd, BSC), „Inglorious Basterds“ (Robert Richardson war zum neunten Mal nominiert) und „Nine“ (Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS) aus. In der Laudatio sagte Timothy Dalton, Filme seien einfach erstaunlich. „Sie gehen in einen dunklen Raum und werden von der Geschichte aufgefangen“, ob sie nun auf realen Fakten beruhe oder in der Fantasie läge und alles dazwischen. (Andreas Fuchs.)
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