Winners indicated (*). I still need to see films like Made in U.S.A, Fahrenheit 451, Red Angel, Harper, Django, Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment, Daisies, The Naked Prey, Is Paris Burning?, Hawaii, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Group, The Pornographers, Mademoiselle, Gambit, Tokyo Drifter, Seven Women, Our Man Flint, Grand Prix, Born Free, Return of the Seven, and What's Up, Tiger Lily?.
By the way, the blog passed 100,000 views this week. Thanks, readers!
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| Persona |
BEST PICTURE:
Blow-Up
Hunger
Masculin Féminin
Persona*
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
BEST DIRECTOR:
Michelangelo Antonioni, Blow-Up
Ingmar Bergman, Persona*
Jean-Luc Godard, Masculin Féminin
Mike Nichols, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrei Rublev
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| Hunger |
BEST ACTOR:
Richard Burton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?*
Michael Caine, Alfie
Rock Hudson, Seconds
Per Oscarsson, Hunger
Paul Scofield, A Man for All Seasons
BEST ACTRESS:
Anouk Aimée, A Man and a Woman
Bibi Andersson, Persona*
Lynn Redgrave, Georgy Girl
Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Liv Ullmann, Persona
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| A Man and a Woman |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Richard Attenborough, The Sand Pebbles
Jean Martin, The Battle of Algiers
Walter Matthau, The Fortune Cookie*
George Segal, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Robert Shaw, A Man for All Seasons
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Sandy Dennis, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?*
Wendy Hiller, A Man for All Seasons
Gunnel Lindblom, Hunger
Charlotte Rampling, Georgy Girl
Vanessa Redgrave, Blow-Up
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| Masculin Féminin |
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Hunger
Masculin Féminin
The Professionals
Seconds
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?*
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Au Hasard Balthazar
Blow-Up
Cul-de-sac
A Man and a Woman
Persona*
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| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Andrei Rublev
Blow-Up
Persona*
Seconds
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
BEST FILM EDITING:
The Battle of Algiers
Blow-Up
Masculin Féminin
Persona*
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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| Seconds |
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Andrei Rublev
The Battle of Algiers
Hunger
Seconds
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?*
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"Alfie", Alfie
"Georgy Girl", Georgy Girl
"A Man and a Woman", A Man and a Woman
"Stroll On", Blow-Up
"Tu M'as Trop Menti", Masculin Féminin*
Additional Categories
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| Blow-Up |
BEST ART DIRECTION:
Andrei Rublev
Blow-Up*
Fantastic Voyage
How to Steal a Million
A Man for All Seasons
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Andrei Rublev*
Arabesque
Blow-Up
A Man for All Seasons
The Professionals
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| Andrei Rublev |
BEST MAKEUP:
Andrei Rublev
Batman: The Movie
A Man for All Seasons*
BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):
Blow-Up
Fantastic Voyage
Persona*
The Professionals
The Sand Pebbles
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Fantastic Voyage*
Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.
The Professionals
Hey congrats on your 100,000 views Josh, well done! I'm afraid there are a lot of stuff I'm unfamiliar with from this year, but I'm intrigued by Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
ReplyDeleteThanks Ruth! :) Yeah, I went with a lot of films that weren't popular at the Oscars this year. Though it loses to Persona (which is in my top 10), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is one of my all-time favorite films. You should definitely check it out.
DeleteCongrats on passing 100,000 views! Of those you haven't yet watched, Django I would highly recommend, I prefer it over Tarantino's western.
ReplyDeleteHunger (1966) is in my top 100, so nice to see you liked it too. It's one of the best male performances I've ever seen :)
Thanks! I really need to watch Django.
DeleteThanks for mentioning Hunger. Love that film, and Oscarsson's performance is excellent.
When compiling this year's films I noticed that this is the first year where all but one of my nominees were made somewhere besides Hollywood, I guess that mirrors the expansion of foreign films into the American market.
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The Battle of Algiers
Cul-de-Sac
Fahrenheit 451-Winner
King of Hearts
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
I know that Fahrenheit 451 was somewhat derided upon its release for its chilly remove but that's what endeared it to me since it fits the theme of the film so well. It also has one of my favorite endings in film.
Director:
Phillipe de Broca-King of Hearts-Winner
Mike Nichols-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Roman Polanski-Cul-de-Sac
Gillo Pontecorvo-The Battle of Algiers
Francois Truffaut-Fahrenheit 451
All great pieces of direction but it came down to Truffaut's guiding of 451 and de Broca's. I went with King of Hearts because its odd story wafts between tragedy and whimsy, that's an incredibly tough line to tread but he achieves it.
Actor:
Alan Bates-King of Hearts
Michael Caine-Alfie
Rock Hudson-Seconds-Winner
Jozef Kroner-The Shop on Main Street
Paul Scofield-A Man for All Seasons
Hudson an enormously magnetic movie star and facile comic actor could often come across as stiff in his dramatic roles but he connected with the character in Seconds gives the best performance of his career.
Actress:
Anouk Aimee-A Man and A Woman
Ida Kaminska-The Shop on Main Street
Lynn Redgrave-Georgy Girl
Rosalind Russell-The Trouble with Angels
Elizabeth Taylor-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf-Winner
A varied lot. Anouk is wonderful as one of the more vibrant faces of the New Wave and Lynn irresistible as the chubby Georgy Girl finding her place in Swingin' London. On the other end of the spectrum Kaminska is heartbreakingly real as the old Jewish woman whose world is crumbling without her realizing. Roz adds gravitas to Angels while never losing the levity necessary to keep the film afloat, a tough balancing act that she makes seem effortless. I don't care for Woolf, though it's well made, and most of the acting didn't move me but Liz tore the place up doing the best work of her career, I fully agree that this time she deserved the award.
Supporting Actor:
Cyril Cusack-Fahrenheit 451-Winner
Hugh Griffith-How to Steal a Million
James Mason-Georgy Girl
Walter Matthau-The Fortune Cookie
Robert Shaw-A Man for All Seasons
Matthau is wonderful in Fortune Cookie, a big showy performance and it's easy to see how he won for it but I actually preferred both Mason's more controlled work in Georgy Girl and particularly my choice for the prize Cyril Cusack's chillingly disassociated Captain in Fahrenheit 451.
Supporting Actress:
Lauren Bacall-Harper
Bee Duffel-Fahrenheit 451
Wendy Hiller-A Man for All Seasons
Salome Jens-Seconds
Charlotte Rampling-Georgy Girl-Winner
This year seemed very thin in quality supporting roles for actresses as reflected in the academy's nominees, I know it's venerated but I hated winner Sandy Dennis's performance in Woolf. I absolutely adore Bee Duffel's small role in Fahrenheit 451 but it's so brief I couldn't award her instead I went with the great Rampling, who incredibly has never been nominated, for her ace work in Georgy Girl.
Oh, now I really must see Fahrenheit 451 and King of Hearts. It's great to see wins for Hudson, Taylor and Rampling. Sad to hear that Woolf didn't grab you. Burton gives my favorite leading male performance of all time. I'd actually put his performance and Bibi Andersson's (my Best Actress winner this year) in my top 5 performances of all time.
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