34: The Arrival of Hacksaw Ridge

This is the first Oscar Primer podcast for Contra Zoom, continuing the series of Oscar Primer’s Dakota does every year, normally just as written articles. He is flying solo this episode as he talks about Arrival and Hacksaw Ridge.

These are the nominations for Arrival

– Best Picture 

– Best Director Denis Villeneuve 

– Best Adapted Screenplay Eric Heisserer 

– Best Cinematography Bradford Young 

– Best Film Editing Joe Walker 

– Best Production Design Patrice Vermette, Paul Hotte 

– Best Sound Mixing Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Claude La Haye 

– Best Sound Editing Sylvain Bellemare 

These are the nominations for Hacksaw Ridge

– Best Picture 

– Best Actor Andrew Garfield 

– Best Director Mel Gibson 

– Best Film Editing John Gilbert 

– Best Sound Mixing Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie, Peter Grace 

– Best Sound Editing Robert Mackenzie, Andy Wright

Make sure you check out the first written Oscar Primer where Dakota goes over some first thoughts on the nominations for this year. These Primers will be posted once a week. 

About the author

Dakota Arsenault is the creator, host, producer and editor of Contra Zoom Pod. His favourite movies include The Life Aquatic, 12 Angry Men, Rafifi and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. He first started the podcast back in April of 2015 and has produced well over 250 episodes. Dakota is also a co-founder of the Cascadian Film and Television Critics Association.

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