tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post5422616483229638547..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1960SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-41374936199373314072017-09-21T08:41:30.216-05:002017-09-21T08:41:30.216-05:00It was a really solid horror year. When that happe...It was a really solid horror year. When that happens, sometimes a single movie (<i>Psycho</i> in this case) gets all of the love. Take 1999, for instance. <i>The Sixth Sense</i> and <i>The Blair Witch Project</i> got all of the attention in a year that also included <i>Audition, Ravenous, Sleepy Hollow,</i> and <i>The Ninth Gate</i>. It also included <i>Stir of Echoes</i>, which is similar to <i>The Sixth Sense</i> and better in almost every possible way. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-60254295502305324252017-09-21T07:51:32.642-05:002017-09-21T07:51:32.642-05:00Of those nominated I've only seen The Apartmen...Of those nominated I've only seen The Apartment, which I absolutely adore, so I am happy it won. But how Inherit the Wind wasn't even nominated boggles the mind. It it up there with Judgment at Nuremberg and Anatomy of a Murder, and they both were showered with nominations. This was a pretty good year for horror, which sadly rarely gets the awards' love it deserves. Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-78709726496983569622017-09-19T13:56:05.712-05:002017-09-19T13:56:05.712-05:00I've put it on my list of unlisted movies.
ht...I've put it on my list of unlisted movies.<br /><br />https://letterboxd.com/sjhoneywell/list/movies-i-should-get-around-to-watching/SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-82014401557726511662017-09-19T12:26:04.077-05:002017-09-19T12:26:04.077-05:00I've probably recommended this before but for ...I've probably recommended this before but for a great Mitchum performance, along with really top flight ones by Susan Hayward and Arthur Kennedy, seek out The Lusty Men directed by Nicholas Ray. It's a sparse drama of the rodeo circuit that should be much better known. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-37717400745085441612017-09-19T06:36:35.503-05:002017-09-19T06:36:35.503-05:00It's not the strongest year, but still not a b...It's not the strongest year, but still not a bad one. I actually prefer <i>Peeping Tom</i> over <i>Psycho</i> because I think it does something much more difficult. We know the killer right away and still sympathize with him. <br /><br />Still, <i>Psycho</i> was accepted in 1960 and <i>Peeping Tom</i> really was not. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-83593848906433467432017-09-19T01:00:08.862-05:002017-09-19T01:00:08.862-05:00It surprises me that only the eventual winner is i...It surprises me that only the eventual winner is in the Book, but then, not of the other nominees sound that strong. The strongest 1960 movies were only recognized later on, still it also surprises me that Spartacus and Psycho were not nominated. Not Hitch or Kubrick's best movies, but in this field they would have done well.<br />1960 was not the strongest year ever. TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-38829130849590525992017-09-18T17:06:43.807-05:002017-09-18T17:06:43.807-05:00Elmer Gantry is worth your time. The others are in...<i>Elmer Gantry</i> is worth your time. The others are increasingly less so as you go down the numbers, but you can get away without watching any of them.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-92070460938838864222017-09-18T16:47:57.882-05:002017-09-18T16:47:57.882-05:00We're in agreement. I've only seen The Apa...We're in agreement. I've only seen <i>The Apartment</i> and <i>Inherit the Wind</i>. I like <i>The Apartment</i> well enough, but <i>Inherit the Wind</i> is far and away the superior film.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-37239176102167085222017-09-18T16:29:36.902-05:002017-09-18T16:29:36.902-05:00I think I've liked every Robert Mitchum perfor...I think I've liked every Robert Mitchum performance I've seen more than I liked him in <i>The Sundowners</i>, so it's not saying much to have a film with a better and more interesting Mitchum performance. <br /> <br />I cannot fathom the miss on <i>Inherit the Wind</i>, which is as good now as it was almost 60 years ago. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-18680393631068538932017-09-18T15:19:52.036-05:002017-09-18T15:19:52.036-05:00Yes to everything you say and all the placements. ...Yes to everything you say and all the placements. <br /><br />Of these five The Apartment is without question the best though I liked Elmer Gantry quite a lot, I was shocked that Jean Simmons wasn't nominated for Sister Sharon she's just as strong as Lancaster and Shirley Jones. <br /><br />I was a little worried until I got to your last sentence in that first paragraph that you weren't going to mention Inherit the Wind which is my choice for best film of the year as well. It is completely surprising that it missed out on a nomination especially with The Alamo getting in.<br /><br />The only film I'd add to the ones you already mentioned is Home From the Hill which has among many other things a much more fully lived in performance by Robert Mitchum than in the Sundowners to recommend it.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com