Throwback Muriels: 1988

Monday, July 11, 2011

1988

Picture:
Wings of Desire
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Dead Ringers
A Fish Called Wanda
Track 29
Bird
The Last Temptation of Christ
Midnight Run
They Live

Director:
Robert Zemeckis, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire
Philip Kaufman, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
David Cronenberg, Dead Ringers
Charles Crichton, A Fish Called Wanda

Male Lead:
Jeremy Irons, Dead Ringers
Daniel Day-Lewis, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
John Cleese, A Fish Called Wanda
Bruno Ganz, Wings of Desire
Bob Hoskins, Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Female Lead:
Gena Rowlands, Another Woman
Stephane Audran, Babette’s Feast
Susan Sarandon, Bull Durham
Juliette Binoche, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Jamie Lee Curtis, A Fish Called Wanda

Male Supporting:
Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda
Michael Palin, A Fish Called Wanda
Charles Grodin, Midnight Run
Alan Rickman, Die Hard
Otto Sander, Wings of Desire

Female Supporting:
Lena Olin, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Genevieve Bujold, Dead Ringers
Solveig Dommartein, Wings of Desire
Winona Ryder, Beetle Juice
Frances McDormand, Mississippi Burning

Screenplay:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
A Fish Called Wanda
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Track 29
Wings of Desire

Ensemble:
A Fish Called Wanda
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Another Woman
Boyfriends and Girlfriends
Wings of Desire

Cinematography:
Wings of Desire (Alekan)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Nykvist)
Dead Ringers (Suschitzky)
The Last Temptation of Christ (Ballhaus)
Another Woman (Nykvist)

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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.