Film Honors: 1961

My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with me or inspire, both at the time, and still today. Subject to alter choices based on viewings.

Sound Design: West Side Story

Costume Design: Yojimbo

Cast Ensemble: West Side Story

Set Design: L’année dernière à Marienbad

Special Effects: The Guns of Navarone

Score Composing: Masaru Sato (Yojimbo)

Actor Support: Fernando Rey (Viridiana)

Actress Support: Lucyna Winnicka (Matka Joanna od aniolów)

Picture Editing: West Side Story

Cinematography: Sacha Vierny (L’année dernière à Marienbad)

Actor Lead: Marcello Mastroianni (Divorzio all’italiana)

Actress Lead: Harriet Andersson (Såsom i en spegel)

Screenwriting Original: Ingmar Bergman (Såsom i en spegel)

Screenwriting Adapted: Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Tadeusz Konwicki (Matka Joanna od aniolów)

Directing: Jerzy Kawalerowicz (Matka Joanna od aniolów)

Motion Picture: Såsom i en spegel (Ingmar Bergman) Sweden