Autumn Durald Arkapaw has made Oscars history by winning best cinematography for “Sinners,” becoming the first woman to take the prize.
Good for her:
“I’m so honored to be here and I really want all the women in the room to stand up because I feel like I don’t get here without you guys,” Arkapaw told the audience.
Holding her Oscar, she said, “I have felt so much love from all the women on this whole campaign. I feel like moments like this happen because of people like you guys.”
That really was a very good looking film. Very nice framing throughout.
There were a lot of strong contenders for this category, but at least it can be said that Sinners absolutely delivered on cinematography, even if others out there would have preferred another film to win.
Like the “single shot” sequence about halfway through this scene was really well done, and all of the work needed to allow Michael B. Jordan to seamlessly play two characters that interact with each other quite a lot was no small feat.