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No one single film has ever existed without CINEMAtography and without editing.
No one single film has ever existed without CINEMAtography and without editing.
They are not inherited from a theatrical tradition or a literary tradition: they are cinema itself.
Russell Crowe, not nominated for anything this year, chimed in as well.
The Academy is removing cinematography, editing and make up from the televised show?
Its just too fucking dumb for words.
Help usJordan Horowitz youre our only hope!
Update, 6 p.m.:More nominees have weighed in on the Academys decision.
I find it depressing that they are doing this.
Hopefully it wont be like the part of the show where they play clips from the Sci-Tech awards dinner.
That always feels a bit sad, like they didnt get invited to the real party.
Movies started with a guy cranking a camera.
Cinematography and editing are probably the elementary particles, the primordial components of cinema.
Its an unfortunate decision, he wrote.
It’s an unfortunate decision.
To find out so close to the actual awards that youll be in the commercial break, its disappointing.
It would be great to reverse course on it.
Find the time some other way.
Change the format slightly.
Im an editor, so I can think of a million ways to shorten things.
