Tree of Life and the Cinematography Race
The American Society of Cinematographers handed out its trophies over the weekend, and Emmanuel Lubezki won the top prize for his work on The Tree of Life.
Mr. Lubezki is an Oscar nominee as well, vying for front-runner status with Robert Richardson for Hugo and perhaps Guillaume Schiffman for The Artist. Mr. Richardson has already won some little gold men; Mr. Schiffman, from France, is new this year. Other Academy nominees include Jeff Cronenweth for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Janusz Kaminski for War Horse.
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With the cinematographers group, Mr. Lubezki has now won every major cinematography award that The Tree of Life was up for, as the Baggers pal Sasha Stone points out. Does that mean that he has the edge in the Oscar race? Possibly. The whole Academy votes for cinematography, but it has a history of overlooking deserving artists in the category, like Roger Deakins (a nine-time nominee, most recently for True Grit). Mr. Lubezki, who started his career in his native Mexico and made his name in Hollywood starting with Reality Bites, has been nominated four times before, for films including Sleepy Hollow and Children of Men, but never won.
The Tree of Life may have benefited from Academy members passion votes to get best-picture and best-director nominations. But it, and Mr. Lubezki, need the support of a broad range of voters to win in their categories. That will depend on whether enough people have seen The Tree of Life, and on how Mr. Lubezkis stirring cinematic images look on smaller screens.
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