Throwback Muriels: 1986

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

1986

Picture:
The Sacrifice
Blue Velvet
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Fly
Something Wild
Sid and Nancy
Manhunter
Down by Law
Aliens
Summer/The Green Ray

Director:
Andrei Tarkovsky, The Sacrifice
David Lynch, Blue Velvet
Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters
David Cronenberg, The Fly
Jonathan Demme, Something Wild

Male Lead:
Erland Josephson, The Sacrifice
Jeff Goldblum, The Fly
Gary Oldman, Sid and Nancy
Jeff Daniels, Something Wild
James Woods, Salvador

Female Lead:
Sigourney Weaver, Aliens
Geena Davis, The Fly
Mia Farrow, Hannah and Her Sisters
Marie Riviere, Summer
Melanie Griffith, Something Wild

Male Supporting:
Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet
Ray Liotta, Something Wild
Roberto Benigni, Down by Law
Michael Caine, Hannah and Her Sisters
Tom Noonan, Manhunter

Female Supporting:
Isabella Rossellini, Blue Velvet
Ellen Greene, Little Shop of Horrors
Chloe Webb, Sid and Nancy
Dianne Wiest, Hannah and Her Sisters
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, The Color of Money

Screenplay:
Hannah and Her Sisters
Something Wild
Blue Velvet
Summer
The Fly

Ensemble:
Something Wild
Hannah and Her Sisters
Blue Velvet
The Sacrifice
Sid and Nancy

Cinematography:
Blue Velvet (Elmes)
Down by Law (Muller)
The Sacrifice (Nykvist)
Under the Cherry Moon (Ballhaus) [Yes, really. It's a terrible movie, but man does Ballhaus shoot the hell out of it.]
The Color of Money (Ballhaus)

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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.