The debate surrounding the allegedly intentional inscrutability of Interstellar’s dialogue is unquestionably more of a liability in the sound mixing category, where clarity and precision is the whole point.
If best animated film, best documentary feature, and best director begat the year’s most conspicuous snubs, best sound mixing boasts the most controversial nomination: Interstellar.
For practitioners of the form, like Daniel Mindel, who’s never shot a film digitally, the choice here will be between The Grand Budapest Hotel or Ida.
The critics have spoken. The guilds have spoken. The Golden Globes have spoken.