Throwback Muriels: 1977

Friday, July 22, 2011

1977

Picture:
Annie Hall
Eraserhead
Stroszek
The Devil Probably
3 Women
In the Realm of the Senses
F For Fake
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Sorcerer
Cria Cuervos

Director:
Woody Allen, Annie Hall
David Lynch, Eraserhead
Werner Herzog, Stroszek
Robert Bresson, The Devil Probably
Robert Altman, 3 Women

Male Lead:
Fernando Rey, That Obscure Object of Desire
John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever
Klaus Kinski, Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Woody Allen, Annie Hall
Bruno S., Stroszek

Female Lead:
Diane Keaton, Annie Hall
Ana Torrent, Cria Cuervos
Gena Rowlands, Opening Night
Eiko Matsuda, In the Realm of the Senses
Shelley Duvall, 3 Women

Male Supporting:
Bruno Ganz, The American Friend
Tony Roberts, Annie Hall
Alec Guinness, Star Wars
Francois Truffaut, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jason Robards, Julia

Female Supporting:
Vanessa Redgrave, Julia
Geraldine Chaplin, Cria Cuervos
Joan Blondell, Opening Night
Eva Mattes, Stroszek
Teri Garr, Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Screenplay:
Annie Hall
That Obscure Object of Desire
The Devil Probably
The American Friend
Stroszek

Ensemble:
Opening Night
Annie Hall
3 Women
The American Friend
The Devil Probably

Cinematography:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Zsigmond)
Suspiria (Tovoli)
Dersu Uzala (Dobronravov/Gantman/Nakai)
Eraserhead (Cardwell/Elmes)
3 Women (Rosher)

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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.