The Morning Watch: THR Director’s Roundtable, The Oscar-Losing Work Of Roger Deakins & More
The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.
In this edition,The Holly wood Reporterhosted their annual rountable discussion with the directors who have been buzzed about this awards season. Plus, watch a video showing how insane it is that cinematographerRoger Deakinshas been nominated for 14 Oscars and hasn’t won a single one. And see whatQuentin Tarantino’sStar Trekmight look like.
This year’s full director’s roundtable fromThe Hollywood ReporterfeaturesGuillermo del Toro(The Shape of Water),Angelina Jolie(First They Killed My Father),Patty Jenkins(Wonder Woman),Greta Gerwig(Lady Bird),Denis Villeneuve(Blade Runner 2049), andJoe Wright(Darkest Hour). Presumably Jordan Peele was busy when they shot this, and Guillermo del Toro and Greta Gerwig are the only ones who ended up with Oscar nominations.
The folks at theToronto International Film Festivalput together this reel showing off the 14-time Academy Award nominated work of cinematographer Roger Deakins. Before earning his 14th nomination this year forBlade Runner 2049, he lost the award 13 times before, and this video shows which films he was nominated for as well as which movies he lost the award to.
Finally, the folks atNerdisthave put together aGrindhouseandPulp Fictionstyle trailer imagining whatStar Trekmight look like in the hands of Quentin Tarantino. It’s a fun distraction, even if it features a lame, non-copyright infringing version of Dick Dale’s “Misirlou” instead of the real track. But we’re still excited to see what the real thing looks like, if it ever actually gets in front of a camera.
