FILM #15
OF 39
95TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2023 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
NETFLIX
DAY 23
OF 48
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Cinematography by Darius Khondji
Even without his go-to cinematographer, Emmanuel Lubezki, behind the camera, director Alejandro G. Iñárritu still finds his film “Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” nominated for Best Cinematography. And although this is only Darius Khondji’s second Oscar nomination, his work is filled with award-winning films (“Amour,” “Midnight in Paris,” “Uncut Gems”). Iñárritu has an eye for the wonderful and finds a way to take a story about a man remembering different parts of his life and aggrandizes it. Beautiful landscapes and wild parties fill each frame. Even a ride on the Los Angeles Metro looks extravagant. Not his most celebrated work, “Bardo” feels like a much more personal story to Iñárritu, in the same vein as “Roma” was for Alfonso Cuarón.
PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS
Darius Khondji
| 69th Academy Awards (1996) | Best Cinematography | “Evita” | Nominee |
An acclaimed journalist-turned-documentarian goes on an oneiric introspective journey to reconcile with the past, the present and his Mexican identity.
Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Netflix
November 4, 2022
159 minutes
ACCOLADES
American Society of Cinematographers Awards — Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Feature Film (Nominee)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Cinematography (Nominee)
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards — Best Cinematography (Nominee)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards — Best Cinematography (Nominee)
Latino Ent. Journalists Ass. Film Awards — Best Cinematography (Nominee)
Sunset Film Circle Awards — Best Cinematography (Nominee)
EXPERT PREDICTIONS
1. “All Quiet on the Western Front” — James Friend
2. “Elvis” — Mandy Walker
3. “Empire of Light” — Roger Deakins
4. “TÁR” — Florian Hoffmeister
5. “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” — Darius Khondji
PERSONAL PREDICTIONS
1. “Empire of Light” — Roger Deakins
2. “All Quiet on the Western Front” — James Friend
3. “Elvis” — Mandy Walker
4. “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” — Darius Khondji
5. “TÁR” — Florian Hoffmeister
