Throwback Muriels: 1965

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

1965

Picture:
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Repulsion
Red Desert
Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill!
The Trial of Joan of Arc
Help!
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Juliet of the Spirits
Thunderball
Diary of a Chambermaid

Director:
Roman Polanski, Repulsion
Martin Ritt, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Michelangelo Antonioni, Red Desert
Russ Meyer, Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill!
Robert Bresson, The Trial of Joan of Arc

Male Lead:
Richard Burton, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Jason Robards, A Thousand Clowns
Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou
Eddie Constantine, Alphaville
Burt Lancaster, The Train

Female Lead:
Julie Christie, Darling
Bette Davis, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Catherine Deneuve, Repulsion
Giulietta Masina, Juliet of the Spirits
Jeanne Moreau, Diary of a Chambermaid

Male Supporting:
Oskar Werner, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Paul Scofield, The Train
Ian Bannen, Flight of the Phoenix
Leo McKern, Help!
Martin Balsam, A Thousand Clowns

Female Supporting:
Olivia de Havilland, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Claire Bloom, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Agnes Moorehead, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Eleanor Bron, Help!
Sandra Milo, Juliet of the Spirits

Screenplay:
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Repulsion
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Diary of a Chambermaid
Darling

Ensemble:
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Train
Juliet of the Spirits
Cat Ballou

Cinematography:
Juliet of the Spirits (di Venanzo)
Red Desert (di Palma)
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Biroc)
Repulsion (Taylor)
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (Morris)

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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.