Throwback Muriels: 1974

Monday, July 25, 2011

1974

Picture:
The Mother and the Whore
Chinatown
A Woman Under the Influence
Scenes From a Marriage
Phantom of the Paradise
Young Frankenstein
California Split
The Conversation
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Thieves Like Us

Director:
Jean Eustache, The Mother and the Whore
Roman Polanski, Chinatown
John Cassavetes, A Woman Under the Influence
Ingmar Bergman, Scenes From a Marriage
Brian De Palma, Phantom of the Paradise

Male Lead:
Warren Oates, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Erland Josephson, Scenes From a Marriage
Dustin Hoffman, Lenny
Jean-Pierre Leaud, The Mother and the Whore
Jack Nicholson, Chinatown

Female Lead:
Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence
Liv Ullmann, Scenes From a Marriage
Faye Dunaway, Chinatown
Brigitte Mira, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Francoise Lebrun, The Mother and the Whore

Male Supporting:
Gerrit Graham, Phantom of the Paradise
John Huston, Chinatown
Harvey Korman, Blazing Saddles
John Schuck, Thieves Like Us
Gene Hackman, Young Frankenstein

Female Supporting:
Bernadette Lafont, The Mother and the Whore
Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles
Isela Vega, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Shirley Knight, Juggernaut
Cloris Leachman, Young Frankenstein

Screenplay:
Chinatown
Scenes From a Marriage
The Mother and the Whore
The Conversation
Young Frankenstein

Ensemble:
Young Frankenstein
A Woman Under the Influence
Chinatown
Thieves Like Us
The Mother and the Whore

Cinematography:
Lenny (B. Surtees)
The Godfather, Part II (Willis)
Zardoz (Unsworth)
Chinatown (Alonzo)
Young Frankenstein (Hirschfeld)

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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.