Throwback Muriels: 1958

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

1958

Picture:
Vertigo
Touch of Evil
The Seventh Seal
Pather Panchali
Some Came Running
Mon Oncle
Witness for the Prosecution
Gigi
Bitter Victory
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Director:
Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo
Orson Welles, Touch of Evil
Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal
Satyajit Ray, Pather Panchali
Jacques Tati, Mon Oncle

Male Lead:
James Stewart, Vertigo
Gunnar Bjornstrand, The Seventh Seal
Frank Sinatra, Some Came Running
Orson Welles, Touch of Evil
Max von Sydow, The Seventh Seal

Female Lead:
Shirley MacLaine, Some Came Running
Janet Leigh, Touch of Evil
Kim Novak, Vertigo
Leslie Caron, Gigi
Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Male Supporting:
Akim Tamiroff, Touch of Evil
Dennis Weaver, Touch of Evil
Arthur Kennedy, Some Came Running
Nils Poppe, The Seventh Seal
Bengt Ekerot, The Seventh Seal

Female Supporting:
Chunibala Devi, Pather Panchali
Barbara Bel Geddes, Vertigo
Bibi Andersson, The Seventh Seal
Ruth Roman, Bitter Victory
Martha Hyer, Some Came Running

Screenplay:
Touch of Evil
Vertigo
The Seventh Seal
Some Came Running
Witness for the Prosecution

Ensemble:
Mon Oncle
Pather Panchali
Touch of Evil
Vertigo
Bitter Victory

Cinematography:
Vertigo (Burks)
Some Came Running (Daniels)
Touch of Evil (Metty)
Gigi (Ruttenberg)
The Seventh Seal (Fischer)

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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.