{"id":3159,"date":"2018-03-05T04:05:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T04:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/03\/05\/blade-runner-2049s-roger-deakins-finally-gets-his-cinematography-oscar-in-14th-try\/"},"modified":"2018-03-05T04:05:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T04:05:15","slug":"blade-runner-2049s-roger-deakins-finally-gets-his-cinematography-oscar-in-14th-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/03\/05\/blade-runner-2049s-roger-deakins-finally-gets-his-cinematography-oscar-in-14th-try\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Blade Runner 2049\u2019s Roger Deakins Finally Gets His Cinematography Oscar In 14th Try"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Grobar\/ Deadline<\/em><\/p>\n

In his 14th go-round,\u00a0Roger Deakins\u00a0has finally won the Best Cinematography Oscar, scoring the victory Sunday for\u00a0Denis Villeneuve\u2019s\u00a0Blade Runner 2049<\/em>, the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott\u2019s 1982 sci-fi classic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess I\u2019d better say something, or else they\u2019ll give me a jet ski, and I can\u2019t see myself on a jet ski somehow,\u201d Deakins joked in his brief acceptance speech (see it in full above). \u201cI really love my job. I\u2019ve been doing it a long time, as you can see, but one of the reasons I really love it is the people I work wit, both behind the camera and in front of the camera. This is for every one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Long a favorite in this year\u2019s contest for his brilliant futuristic visuals in\u00a0Blade Runner 2049<\/em>, things got a little less certain and a lot more interesting when\u00a0Rachel Morrison\u00a0was nominated for\u00a0post-war drama\u00a0Mudbound<\/em>\u2014from director Dee Rees\u2014becoming the first woman in history to secure a nomination in the category.<\/p>\n

In winning the Oscar tonight, Deakins also beat out\u00a0Dunkirk<\/em>\u2018s\u00a0Hoyte Van Hoytema,\u00a0The Shape of Water<\/em>\u2018s\u00a0Dan Laustsen, and\u00a0Darkest Hour<\/em>\u00a0DP\u00a0Bruno Delbonnel.<\/p>\n

Check out his backstage comments below.<\/p>\n

Receiving two other nominations for collaborations with Villeneuve\u2014including\u00a0Sicario<\/em>\u00a0(2015) and\u00a0Prisoners<\/em>\u00a0(2o13)\u2014the British cinematographer treasures his collaborative relationship with the French-Canadian filmmaker, and has also been nominated over the years for collaborations with Angelina Jolie, Martin Scorsese and the Coen brothers. His list of nominated works\u2014featuring many films now considered classics\u2014includes\u00a0The Shawshank Redemption\u00a0<\/em>(1994),\u00a0Fargo<\/em>\u00a0(1996),\u00a0O Brother, Where Art Thou<\/em>? (2000),\u00a0No Country for Old Men\u00a0<\/em>(2007),\u00a0True Grit<\/em>\u00a0(201o),\u00a0Skyfall<\/em>\u00a0(2012) and more.<\/p>\n

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Set 30 years after the original\u00a0Blade Runner<\/em>\u2014a pillar of the science-fiction genre, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick\u20142049<\/em>\u00a0follows blade runner K (Ryan Gosling), a futuristic police officer assigned to hunt down and kill simulated humans known as replicants. K\u2019s discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford)\u2014of Scott\u2019s film\u2014who\u2019s been missing for 30 years.<\/p>\n

While\u00a02049<\/em>\u2018s director was snubbed by the Academy this time around, following a Directing nomination last year for inventive sci-fi mystery\u00a0Arrival<\/em>, his art house blockbuster was recognized with four Oscar nominations, for Best Production Design, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects, winning in the latter category. Partnering on the production and worldwide release of\u00a0Blade Runner 2049<\/em>were Sony\/Columbia Pictures and Alcon\u00a0<\/i>Entertainment.<\/p>\n

Here are his comments backstage:<\/p>\n