Academy Award Winners for Best Cinematography: 2015 — Emmanuel Lubezki, AMC, ASC Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
“From the very beginning, he [Alejandro G. Iñárritu] wanted to do the movie in one shot or in very long takes – practically impossible things. Alejandro said, ‘Well you know when I wake up in the morning and I start my day, it doesn’t feel like a bunch of cuts. It feels like a constant move. I go from the bed to the bathroom, etc. ’ There is something about the one shot deal; all these long takes are related to that. Life is continuing, and maybe not having cuts was going to help immerse the audience in that kind of emotional rhythm.
Since they started writing the script, he thought about this character stuck in this environment. They wrote it so you could feel that you were walking with him in the corridors. His life starts imploding in this environment and they are all connected. It’s a beautiful exercise in writing.” — Emmanuel Lubezki
