Episode Details

Assistant directing and lighting industry professional, and the host of the ContraZoom podcast, Dakota Arsenault joins Elysia to get into the technical details behind this year's Oscar nominees for Cinematography, Visual Effects, Film Editing, and Sound. They look at why a movie is nominated, what makes it special, and others they would have liked to see make the cut. Stick around after their conversation for updates (02:17:37) on these races!

Note: All film discussion in this episode is spoiler-free.

Links discussed:

• Explore the ContraZoom podcast and blog
• One Sentimental Bugonia After Another (audio, Elysia guests)
• Elysia's ContraZoom review of Resurrection
• Corridor Crew's Oscar VFX nominees review
• Inside Sinners' VFX
• Sirāt sound design (video)

Cinematography nominees (00:05:01)

• Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams – trailer (Netflix)
• Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners – trailer (HBO Max, our coverage)
• Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another – trailer (HBO Max, our coverage: pt. 1, pt. 2, pt. 3)
• Darius Khondji – Marty Supreme – trailer (to rent)
• Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein – trailer (Netflix, our coverage)

Other films mentioned: The French Connection (1971, Disney+ [EU] / to rent,

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