Showing posts with label The Young Girls of Rochefort. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Young Girls of Rochefort. Show all posts

Thursday, August 1, 2019

The 1968 Retro Hollmann Awards, Part Two

Here it is, the concluding chapter of the 1968 Retro Hollmann Awards - and therefore, the conclusion of my look at 1968. Make sure you catch up with Part One of the awards, as well as the full list of nominations and the Top Ten. Onward...

Best Score

1. War and Peace
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

2. The Young Girls of Rochefort
Michel Legrand

3. Romeo and Juliet
Nino Rota

4. Rosemary's Baby
Christopher Komeda

5. Yellow Submarine
George Martin

The remaining awards - writing, directing, lead acting, Best Picture - and Original Song! - after the jump.

Monday, July 29, 2019

The 1968 Retro Hollmann Awards, Part One

Let the 1968 Retro Hollmann Awards begin! For more context, check out the nominations from last week, as well as my Top Ten.

Best Ensemble
 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

2. The Birthday Party; 3. Night of the Living Dead; 4. The Odd Couple; 5. The Young Girls of Rochefort

A woman with a reputation to protect, a daughter on the verge of a life-changing decision, three possible fathers, their wives, a housekeeper, and a vintner who's loved the first woman all along. Plus a countess who doesn't have to say a word to convey haughty disapproval - we stan! Every cast member is zeroed in on Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell's zany, good-hearted delights.

In second, a different kind of madness effects the cast of The Birthday Party. In third, survivors who hate living and dying together in Night of the Living Dead. In fourth, The Odd Couple and their poker buddies and coo-coo neighbors. In fifth, the sunny, beautiful singer-dancers of The Young Girls of Rochefort.

More after the jump - with each category presented in the exact order as they were at the 41st Academy Awards.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

The 1968 Retro Hollmann Awards Nominees

You've seen the top ten (I hope - if you haven't, why not?). Now, the nominees for the 1968 Retro Hollmann Awards!

The nominees are....

Best Costume Design
   
 
Barbarella
Jacques Fonteray / Paco Rabanne

The Fixer
Dorothy Jeakins

Oliver!
Phyllis Dalton

War and Peace
Vladimir Burmeister / Nadezhda Buzina / Mikhail Chikovani / V. Vavra

The Young Girls of Rochefort
Marie-Claude Fouquet / Jacqueline Moreau

The remaining after the jump...

Monday, July 22, 2019

Top Ten of 1968

Here 'tis - my Top Ten Films of 1968! Honorable Mentions: The Boston Strangler, Bullitt, Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, The DetectiveThe FixerFunny Girl, Hell in the Pacific and Hour of the Wolf.

The Battle of Algiers
dir: Gillo Pontecorvo
pr: Antonio Musu / Yacef Saadi
scr: Franco Solinas, story by Franco Solina and Gillo Pontecorvo
cin: Marcello Gatti

Much like my first viewings of Z (can't wait to revisit that next month) and 1987: When the Day Comes (my pick for 2017's Best Picture), The Battle of Algiers electrified me with its sweeping ensemble, tense action sequences, and the cat-and-mouse game played between the urban guerrilla forces and the forces of the occupying government. No one gets off scot-free: revolution is a messy, bloody business, with innocents slaughtered on all sides. And yet! This is decidely not a both sides appeasement - the condemnation of the occupying forces whose presence necessitates deadly action by people who want to be free is clear as crystal.

The remaining nine, after the jump...

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Day Three: Song and Musical Score, 1968

Usually, I like to group the Score categories together - Musical/Adapted/Song Score with Original/Comedy or Dramatic Score - since, you know, they're sister categories. For 1968, I decided to do things a little differently and pair Musical Score with Original Song, mainly because it's only natural for there to be overlap (and there is!); even better, it saves me room on the tags.

Some great music...and some dull music! All after the jump.