Throwback Muriels: 1972

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

1972

Picture:
Two English Girls
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Cries and Whispers
The Godfather
Le Samourai
Fat City
Four Nights of a Dreamer
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Duck, You Sucker
The Ruling Class

Director:
Luis Bunuel, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Francois Truffaut, Two English Girls
Ingmar Bergman, Cries and Whispers
Francis Ford Coppola, Cries and Whispers
Jean-Pierre Melville, Le Samourai

Male Lead:
Peter O’Toole, The Ruling Glass
Jean-Pierre Leaud, Two English Girls
Stacy Keach, Fat City
Michael Caine, Sleuth
Laurence Olivier, Sleuth

Female Lead:
Harriet Andersson, Cries and Whispers
Barbra Streisand, What’s Up, Doc?
Marlene Jobert, We Won’t Grow Old Together
Liv Ullmann, Cries and Whispers
Liza Minnelli, Cabaret

Male Supporting:
Marlon Brando, The Godfather
James Caan, The Godfather
Jeff Bridges, Fat City
Fernando Rey, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Joel Grey, Cabaret

Female Supporting:
Kika Markham, Two English Girls
Stacey Tendeter, Two English Girls
Jeannie Berlin, The Heartbreak Kid
Ingrid Thulin, Cries and Whispers
Kari Sylwan, Cries and Whispers

Screenplay:
Two English Girls
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Godfather
Frenzy
Fat City

Ensemble:
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Godfather
Two English Girls
Fat City
The Ruling Class

Cinematography:
Cries and Whispers (Nykvist)
The Godfather (Willis)
Two English Girls (Almendros)
Cabaret (Unsworth)
Duck, You Sucker (Giuseppe Ruzzolini)

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Administrative Stuff

In keeping with the spirit of the project I started this past winter, I’ve decided to continue formulating lists of retrospective nominees by year. Of course, as we move backwards in time I’d estimate that some years will be pretty lean. Therefore, I fear I will have to stop when I feel I can’t fill out a satisfactory ballot, although this probably won’t happen for a while yet.

As with the present-day Muriels, I based these old-school awards on the film’s NYC commercial release date. Since Mike D’Angelo’s eligibility lists don’t go back past 1998, I used the listed release dates in IMDb for this purpose. And much like the contemporary Muriels, if a movie remains unreleased in Gotham within five years of its international release date, it is ineligible for nominations. Sadly, that means I couldn’t throw any nominations at, say, Play Time, Satantango, the films of Yasujiro Ozu, or (sniff) Jeanne Dielman. So it goes.

Additionally, I reserve the right to allow ties here, especially in the case of movies featuring same-sex co-leads who are equally awesome. Several Bergman films spring to mind here, but there will no doubt be other occurrences as well.

Finally, I’ve decided to limit these lists to a “big nine” (picture, director, 4 acting categories, screenplay, ensemble, and cinematography). Much as I would have loved to include Best Cinematic Moment- probably my favorite Muriels category- here as well, I have a feeling that I’d forget some embarrassingly obvious choices and would prefer to save myself the bother.

As before, I’ll post one of these here per day as long as I’m able. I’ll try to remember to update these as needed, but I make no promises.

By the way, here’s a link to the 1995-2009 throwback Muriels I posted this winter. In time, I’ll probably move them over here, but until then this’ll have to do.