Throwback Muriels: 1959

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

1959

Picture:
The 400 Blows
Rio Bravo
Aparajito
North by Northwest
Imitation of Life
Some Like It Hot
Wild Strawberries
Lola Montes
Shadows
Ivan the Terrible, Part II

Director:
Francois Truffaut, The 400 Blows
Howard Hawks, Rio Bravo
Satyajit Ray, Aparajito
Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest
Douglas Sirk, Imitation of Life

Male Lead:
Jean-Pierre Leaud, The 400 Blows
Viktor Sjostrom, Wild Strawberries
Cary Grant, North by Northwest
Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot
Tony Curtis, Some Like It Hot

Female Lead:
Leila Goldoni, Shadows
Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot
Lana Turner, Imitation of Life
Eva Marie Saint, North by Northwest
Martine Carroll, Lola Montes

Male Supporting:
Dean Martin, Rio Bravo
Anton Walbrook, Lola Montes
Ben Gazzara, Anatomy of a Murder
Joe E. Brown, Some Like It Hot
Walter Brennan, Rio Bravo

Female Supporting:
Susan Kohner, Imitation of Life
Ingrid Thulin, Wild Strawberries
Juanita Moore, Imitation of Life
Angie Dickinson, Rio Bravo
Claire Maurier, The 400 Blows

Screenplay:
The 400 Blows
North by Northwest
Imitation of Life
Aparajito
Some Like It Hot

Ensemble:
Shadows
Aparajito
The 400 Blows
Anatomy of a Murder
Rio Bravo

Cinematography:
Imitation of Life (Metty)
Lola Montes (Matras)
Wild Strawberries (Fischer)
The 400 Blows (Decae)
Rio Bravo (Harlan)

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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.