tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030627662498151745.post702737280399989847..comments2023-12-26T05:26:08.512-05:00Comments on The Cinematic Spectacle: 1962 CinSpec AwardsJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08596682195753811295noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030627662498151745.post-79833115039422526472014-10-23T01:10:31.501-04:002014-10-23T01:10:31.501-04:00I love that you've placed Mitchum in Supportin...I love that you've placed Mitchum in Supporting for the win, but I see him as a clear co-lead. Oh, I haven't seen All Fall Down, but two nominations (and a win) for Lansbury is interesting. I'll have to check it out.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596682195753811295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030627662498151745.post-20897535340461824972014-10-23T01:07:03.482-04:002014-10-23T01:07:03.482-04:00I can understand your opinion of Lawrence of Arabi...I can understand your opinion of Lawrence of Arabia. I used to consider it the most overrated film of all time, until I saw it in theaters five or six years later. It's a staggering achievement, but I didn't always hold it in such high regard.<br /><br />Glad to see The Manchurian Candidate and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance in the major categories. I didn't love Long Day's Journey Into Night, but Hepburn was terrific in it.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596682195753811295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030627662498151745.post-34467287812975441772014-10-20T22:47:46.369-04:002014-10-20T22:47:46.369-04:00Supporting Actor:
Robert Mitchum-Cape Fear-Winner
...Supporting Actor:<br />Robert Mitchum-Cape Fear-Winner<br />Lee Marvin-The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance<br />Jason Robards Jr.-Long Day's Journey Into Night<br />Peter Sellers-Lolita<br />Dean Stockwell-Long Day's Journey Into Night<br />This is a weird year for supporting actor since the three men from Long Day's Journey were jointly awarded best actor at Cannes, a fact that I think muddied the water enough that come Oscar time category confusion cost all of them nominations. Sir Ralph is clearly the lead though so I split the other two into support. Same with Mitchum since he and Peck could almost be considered co-leads but I see him as the lurking menace who rises up and threatens the main family so I put him in support too enabling him to take the prize.<br /><br />Supporting Actress:<br />Patty Duke-The Miracle Worker<br />Julie Harris-Requiem for a Heavyweight<br />Shirley Knight-Sweet Bird of Youth<br />Angela Lansbury-All Fall Down<br />Angela Lansbury-The Manchurian Candidate-Winner<br />Patty is astonishing in The Miracle Worker but as with Anne it's a special dance that the two did together. I don't usually double dip but Lansbury is so extraordinarily great in both films I had to hand her the nod for both. However her poisonous Mrs. Iselin is one of the finest displays of the insidiousness of evil behind a pleasing facade ever and I knew she'd be my winner before I started.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030627662498151745.post-54236928245536683712014-10-20T22:47:08.370-04:002014-10-20T22:47:08.370-04:00I had to leave off a few films and their performer...I had to leave off a few films and their performers that I really like, The L-Shaped Room, Knife in the Water, Advise and Consent, Gypsy and a few others, but one that I didn't forget and whose acclaim and prestige baffle me is Lawrence of Arabia. After several attempts I've made it through once and found it a ponderous bore. I know I'm in the minority but nothing could induce me to ever watch it again.<br /><br />Picture:<br />How the West Was Won<br />Lonely Are the Brave<br />Long Day's Journey Into Night<br />The Manchurian Candidate-Winner<br />The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance<br />My dearth of foreign film viewing has made our lists very different but it was a great year for film so there were many viable choices. Even though it is necessarily episodic I love the breath and visual beauty of HTWWW whereas Ford's Liberty Valance has an elegiac quality in it's stark black and white and mythos busting. Lonely is another dark examination of the old West ending and Journey a dark exploration of the damage a family can inflict. Speaking of family damage Candidate is perhaps the ultimate example on the malevolence foisted on one's own wrapped in a great thriller making it my winner.<br /><br />Director:<br />John Ford-The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance<br />John Frankenheimer-The Manchurian Candidate-Winner<br />Sidney Lumet-Long Day's Journey Into Night<br />Sam Peckinpah-Ride the High Country<br />Roman Polanski-Knife in the Water<br />I loved Ford's fully seasoned work in his penultimate, and one of his best, westerns but Frankenheimer's execution of the tension filled Candidate is tremendous.<br /><br />Actor:<br />Burt Lancaster-The Birdman of Alcatraz<br />Jack Lemmon-The Days of Wine and Roses-Winner<br />James Mason-Lolita<br />Gregory Peck-To Kill a Mockingbird<br />Ralph Richardson-Long Day's Journey Into Night<br />Five great performances but what cinched it for me in Lemmon's favor was the DT scene, the whole performance is amazing and only someone as likable as Lemmon could make you invest in his character despite often despicable behavior and still care about his redemption.<br />Nomination worthy-Alan Bates-A Kind of Loving, Kirk Douglas-Lonely Are the Brave and Joel McCrea-Ride the High Country<br /><br />Actress:<br />Anne Bancroft-The Miracle Worker<br />Claire Bloom-The Chapman Report<br />Bette Davis-Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?<br />Katharine Hepburn-Long Day's Journey Into Night-Winner<br />Lee Remick-The Days of Wine and Roses<br />A strong field with searing work from all the competing women. Claire Bloom is profoundly sad as a very lost woman in Chapman and Remick a revelation as the spiraling drunkard in Roses. Bancroft is phenomenal but hers is a dance with Patty Duke and one without the other would not be as impactful. Davis completely abandons all vanity to create the broken, ghoulish Jane, she's my runner-up. But Hepburn's performance as the hapless drug addicted Mary Tyrone is completely unlike any of her other work, had she only won for one performance it should have been this one, so of course she lost.<br />Nomination worthy-Leslie Caron-The L-Shaped Room, Geraldine Page-Sweet Bird of Youth and Eva Marie Saint-All Fall Downjoel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030627662498151745.post-50893773874351540032014-06-11T16:30:33.928-04:002014-06-11T16:30:33.928-04:00I know, right? Best Actress was tough. I went with...I know, right? Best Actress was tough. I went with Karina, since I already give Remick a win for Anatomy of a Murder, and Davis gets 2 wins for Now, Voyager and All About Eve.<br /><br />Oh, Bjornstrand is in my top 10 performances of all-time list. He's just brilliant.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596682195753811295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030627662498151745.post-78379770257122837902014-06-10T19:05:50.443-04:002014-06-10T19:05:50.443-04:00Another great year. Winter Light (Björnstrand, so ...Another great year. Winter Light (Björnstrand, so good), Baby Jane, Vivre sa Vie, Wine and Roses – I want them ALL to win! <br />Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030627662498151745.post-45591304166154550382014-05-31T23:54:00.528-04:002014-05-31T23:54:00.528-04:00So many great movies this year, and I've still...So many great movies this year, and I've still got some big ones left unseen. Yeah, I knew Jules and Jim would dominate. ;)<br /><br />Sellers is phenomenal! And he wasn't even nominated!Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596682195753811295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030627662498151745.post-35365200533977386462014-05-31T23:52:25.961-04:002014-05-31T23:52:25.961-04:00Haha, it's a great movie though. :)Haha, it's a great movie though. :)Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596682195753811295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030627662498151745.post-58785806429708034422014-05-30T11:46:01.725-04:002014-05-30T11:46:01.725-04:00I love this year SO MUCH! For me, Jules et Jim st...I love this year SO MUCH! For me, Jules et Jim stampedes through with so many wins...since it is my #1 movie of all time ;-)<br /><br />Love that you award Sellers! One of the greatest supporting actor performances of all time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030627662498151745.post-67809637463763326262014-05-30T08:35:42.923-04:002014-05-30T08:35:42.923-04:00The only movie I've seen from this year was To...The only movie I've seen from this year was To Kill A Mockingbird (which I loved) Fail for me. haBrittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.com