Sound
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Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo & Kevin O'Connell, Oppenheiner
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This team carries away the hardware, largely due to the absence of sound in the Trinity Test scene, when the distant nuclear explosion is seen but not heard for some time. I would not be at all opposed to Zone of Interest getting a nod due to the impact of dogs barking and train whistles (and all that is implied), but that is more of a directing and editing feat than a technical audio one.
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Editing
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Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer
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This epic not only bounces back and forth in the timeline, but it seamlessly moves between the scientific struggle, the interpersonal issues Oppenheimer creates and the Cold War politics. Without this superior editing, this movie could have been a mess, if not at least very confusing.
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Visual Effects
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Charley Henley, Luc-Ewn Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco & Neil Corbould, Napoleon
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There is apparently some emotional support for Godzilla Minus One because a) it wasn't nominated for anything else (it's a Godzilla movie, for Zilla's sake!) and because a Godzilla movie has never won an Oscar. If anyone is unclear as to why that is, go watch just one of them.
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Napoleon was an ambitious but disappointing movie. The battle effects, however, really brought home what 19th century warfare was like. It did also make me go listen to two different historical podcasts about the French autocrat, so while it isn't like reading King Lear, it was more educational than a Python YouTube.
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