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Continuing on with the awards rundowns
A Look at 1995
My Nominees: The Usual Suspects, Dead Man, Sense and Sensibility, The Flower of My Secret, Toy Story, Before Sunrise, Se7en, Safe, Leaving Las Vegas, The Bridges of Madison County
Interesting how Hollywood fell head over heels for Braveheart, while others were locked into Sense and Sensibility and Leaving Las Vegas. Japan was in awe of A Last Note, I've never been able to track it down, but it would take an act of God to unseat Marorosi as my top film from that country - still, it's directed by Kaneto Shindō, who gifted us with 1960s classics like Onibaba, Kuroneko and The Naked Island, as well as the 1952 film, Children of Hiroshima, so I'd like to check it out.
Land and Freedom comes from Ken Loach, never seen it, but of his 90s output, I was a fan of My Name is Joe
One I've yet to see brought up, the unusual, Safe, which was one of my nominees.
A Look at 1994
My Nominees: Exotica, The Shawshank Redemption, Leon: The Professional, Quiz Show, Three Colors: White, Chungking Express, Pulp Fiction, Crumb, Before the Rain, Vanya on 42nd Street, Hoop Dreams, The Emigrant
After the last 3 Best Pic winners I thought maybe the Oscars had finally grown up and would be able to handle awarding a movie like Pulp Fiction but, nope. It was cool that they included Krzysztof Kieślowski among the nominated directors - shame they couldn't have nominated the picture, Three Colours: Red, as well (it couldn't even secure an International Film nom -sigh- Oscar, seriously?)
So what else is out there that could make the hot 100? You know, the César winner, Wild Reeds is a really good film, I'd say that would be well worth adding to the watchlists (It's also included as one of the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die").
From my personal nominees, many of those have been mentioned already, but have I seen Vanya on 42nd Street named? It's a unique take on the play, and another collaboration of Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, and Louis Malle, I thought it was pretty special.
Trailers from both
A Look at 1995
- Golden Globes Musical or Comedy: Babe
- Golden Globes Drama: Sense and Sensibility
- National Society of Film Critics: Babe
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Leaving Las Vegas
- Boston Society of Film Critics: Sense and Sensibility
- National Board of Review: Sense and Sensibility
- New York Film Critics Circle: Leaving Las Vegas
- Academy Awards (The Oscars): Braveheart
- Academy Awards (International): Antonia's Line
- Academy Awards (Documentary Feature): Anne Frank Remembered
- Independent Spirit: Leaving Las Vegas
- César Awards (France): La Haine
- BAFTA: Sense and Sensibility
- BAFTA (Best British): The Madness of King George
- Mainichi Film Awards (Japan): A Last Note
- Blue Ribbon (Japan): A Last Note
- European Film Academy: Land and Freedom
- The Genies (Canada): The Confessional
My Nominees: The Usual Suspects, Dead Man, Sense and Sensibility, The Flower of My Secret, Toy Story, Before Sunrise, Se7en, Safe, Leaving Las Vegas, The Bridges of Madison County
Interesting how Hollywood fell head over heels for Braveheart, while others were locked into Sense and Sensibility and Leaving Las Vegas. Japan was in awe of A Last Note, I've never been able to track it down, but it would take an act of God to unseat Marorosi as my top film from that country - still, it's directed by Kaneto Shindō, who gifted us with 1960s classics like Onibaba, Kuroneko and The Naked Island, as well as the 1952 film, Children of Hiroshima, so I'd like to check it out.
Land and Freedom comes from Ken Loach, never seen it, but of his 90s output, I was a fan of My Name is Joe
One I've yet to see brought up, the unusual, Safe, which was one of my nominees.
A Look at 1994
- Golden Globes Musical or Comedy: Lion King
- Golden Globes Drama: Forrrest Gump
- National Society of Film Critics: Pulp Fiction
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Pulp Fiction
- Boston Society of Film Critics: Pulp Fiction
- National Board of Review: Pulp Fiction & Forrest Gump
- New York Film Critics Circle: Quiz Show
- Academy Awards (The Oscars): Forrest Gump
- Academy Awards (International): Burnt by the Sun
- Academy Awards (Documentary Feature): Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
- Independent Spirit: Pulp Fiction
- César Awards (France): Wild Reeds
- BAFTA: Four Weddings and a Funeral
- BAFTA (Best British): Shallow Grave
- Mainichi Film Awards (Japan): A Dedicated Life
- Blue Ribbon (Japan): Like a Rolling Stone
- European Film Academy: Lamerica
- The Genies (Canada): Exotica
My Nominees: Exotica, The Shawshank Redemption, Leon: The Professional, Quiz Show, Three Colors: White, Chungking Express, Pulp Fiction, Crumb, Before the Rain, Vanya on 42nd Street, Hoop Dreams, The Emigrant
After the last 3 Best Pic winners I thought maybe the Oscars had finally grown up and would be able to handle awarding a movie like Pulp Fiction but, nope. It was cool that they included Krzysztof Kieślowski among the nominated directors - shame they couldn't have nominated the picture, Three Colours: Red, as well (it couldn't even secure an International Film nom -sigh- Oscar, seriously?)
So what else is out there that could make the hot 100? You know, the César winner, Wild Reeds is a really good film, I'd say that would be well worth adding to the watchlists (It's also included as one of the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die").
From my personal nominees, many of those have been mentioned already, but have I seen Vanya on 42nd Street named? It's a unique take on the play, and another collaboration of Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, and Louis Malle, I thought it was pretty special.
Trailers from both
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