Best Sound Editing
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Best Costume Design
Milk – Glicker should have won an Oscar for his costumes that set the tone for the film’s great aesthetic.
Benjamin Button – More-than-solid period work that looked natural and authentic.
Synecdoche, New York – Messy and just the kind of clothes you’d picture a struggling artist to wear.
The Duchess – No explanation needed, really.
Indiana Jones 4 – Strong all around, especially Blanchett’s weird get-up.
Bronze
Synecdoche, New York
Milk – So level and clean throughout. Some beautiful little touches throughout the film reminded us why Savides is, like, the man.
Synecdoche, New York – The film’s dark tone and style was exponentially enhanced by the wonderful photography.
The Dark Knight – Innovative and iconic and perfect and whoa.
The Fall - The definition of orgasmic, my friends. Totally stunning to a point where you almost can't look away. An epic achievement.
Let the Right One In – In a few scenes, the cinematography stole the show (that goddamn pool, for instance). Inspired and unforgettable.
Bronze
Let the Right One In
Milk
The Fall
Synecdoche, New York – It’s all in the details with this art direction. Every set and part of the film’s design is enhanced by the genius of Friedberg’s direction.
Benjamin Button – Nothing short of stunning, as the art direction helps build the incredible atmosphere of the film.
Milk – Dripping with faithfulness to the 1970s and all the unique style of that demographic during that time. It all feels so real.
Indiana Jones 4 – The most fun art direction of the year. Some of the sets, like the mini-town type thing, were achievements.
Let the Right One In – The most atmospheric film of the year owes a ton to the clean art direction. Sweden is weird.
Milk
Benjamin Button
Best Editing
Frozen River – Sharp cuts make the film all the more exciting.
The Wrestler – Muddled and somewhat chaotic; fits the tone of the film perfectly.
Slumdog Millionaire – Full of life and a great compliment to the film’s flare.
The Dark Knight – One of the first movies in which I noticed the editing – but in a good way. The editing contributed so much to the film.
Milk – The documentary footage so vital to the story was incorporated very well.
The Wrestler
The Dark Knight
Best Visual FX
Benjamin Button – Without the infrickincredible scene on the ship, I wouldn’t have even considered nominating this film.
The Dark Knight – Very, very realistic and all of it is clear and coherent.
Indy 4 – Again, fun and visually impressive. Extremely well-done.
Benjamin Button
Best Make-up
Synecdoche, New York – Gave Samantha Morton a very genuine saggy neck. Yeah.
The Dark Knight – The Joker’s make-up is simply legendary. Two-Face's whole look is a work of art, my friends.
Hellboy – Okay, so I haven’t seen the film, but the previews make the whole the look of the characters appear incredible.
The Dark Knight
Synecdoche, New York
Best Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
Best Sound Editing
WALL-E
Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
Best Original Score
Milk – Simple and not overpowering. It’s a rather small movie, so this rather small score fit like a glove.
The Dark Knight – Haunting strings play, what I thought to be, a huge role in this film. Every scene’s tension rose with this score hissing in the background.
Benjamin Button – Musically, the best score of the year, yet almost not used in the film as effectively as it could have been.
Slumdog Millionaire – Exotic and enjoyable. Played a huge part in establishing that hyper air that defined Slumdog.
Burn After Reading - Fits the screwball thriller appropriately. Slick and catchy.
Benjamin Button
Silver
The Dark Knight
Best Original Song
Ray’s Echo – Embodies the bleakness, yet shadow of hope that springs at the end of Frozen River. A better song couldn’t have played over the closing credits.
Little Person – Like, the best lyrics ever, plus incredible vocals. I haven’t been able to get it out of my head for weeks. Stunning.
Jai Ho – Maybe the catchiest song of the year, period. Totally infectious instrumentals.
Song for Caden – Similar in greatness to ‘Little Person.’ This song truly embodies the whole story and feeling of Synecdoche.
The Wrestler – Very well-written, and yeah Springsteen can sing pretty well. The song has almost gotten to the point where it’s what you think of when you think of The Wrestler, in general.
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