Best in Show: Roger Deakins, Oscar math and the 2001 Best Picture revisited

Does Roger Deakins ever lose his rag? Find out in the first full episode of Letterboxd’s limited series awards season podcast, in which Mia Vicino, Brian Formo and Gemma Gracewood go over the 95th Academy Awards shortlists, praise Kirsten Dunst’s Oscar voting diligence, talk to the G.O.A.T. of cinematography about Empire of Light and his work in animation, and form a fellowship of beautiful minds to revisit the 2001 Academy Awards Best Picture nominees. We love math and we are loose with our hearts!

Credits: Recorded in Los Angeles and Auckland. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Hyperlight’ by Letterboxd member Trent Walton (AKA Echo Wolf). Best in Show is a TAPEDECK production. Title courtesy of Christopher Guest.

Lists & Links:

The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; Letterboxd’s Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films; Byways: Photographs by Roger A. Deakins.

Additional content notes: Plus: Mia’s mathematical skills; Brian on what makes an Academy Award-winning original song; Gemma on why you should add Dirty Three to your playlists. Roger Deakins chats about his childhood as a fisherboy, talking movies with Richard Burton and John Hurt, visualizing films before he shoots them, the wonder of working with the Coen Bros, what it means to win awards and what it’s really like in the cinematography club.