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 if new viewings are worthy enough. Other published Film Honors posts can be found at the menu at the top of the page.
Picture Editing
Cabaret
The Getaway
The Godfather
The Poseidon Adventure
Viskningar och rop
Actor Support
James Caan (The Godfather)
Robert Duvall (The Godfather)
Joel Grey (Cabaret)
Clive Revill (Avanti!)
Fernando Rey (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kKCbDw7lR4?rel=0&w=560&h=315]
Sound Design
Cabaret
Deliverance
The Godfather
Images
The Poseidon Adventure
Special Effects
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
The Poseidon Adventure
Silent Running
Solaris
Tales from the Crypt
Actress Support
Harriet Andersson (Viskningar och rop)
Stéphane Audran (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
Eileen Heckart (Butterflies Are Free)
Talia Shire (The Godfather)
Ingrid Thulin (Viskningar och rop)
Set Design
Cabaret
The Godfather
Roma
Solaris
Viskningar och rop
Costume Design
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Antony and Cleopatra
Cabaret
The Godfather
Roma
Directing
Ingmar Bergman (Viskningar och rop)
Luis Buñuel (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather)
Bob Fosse (Cabaret)
Milton Katselas (Butterflies Are Free)
Cast Ensemble
Cabaret
Deliverance
The Godfather
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
The Poseidon Adventure
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9W405TukKQ?rel=0&w=560&h=315]
Screenwriting Original
Robert Altman (Images)
Ingmar Bergman (Viskningar och rop)
Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
Jeremy Larner (The Candidate)
Éric Rohmer (L’Amour l’après-midi)
Screenwriting Adapted
Jay Allen (Cabaret)
Leonard Gershe (Butterflies Are Free)
Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather)
Anthony Shaffer (Sleuth)
Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond (Avanti!)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIBTp56cdBY?rel=0&w=560&h=315]
Score Composing
Ralph Burns (Cabaret)
Quincy Jones (The Getaway)
Nino Rota (The Godfather)
John Williams (Images)
John Williams (The Poseidon Adventure)
Cinematography
Thomas Mauch (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)
Sven Nykvist (Viskningar och rop)
Geoffrey Unsworth (Cabaret)
Gordon Willis (The Godfather)
Vilmos Zsigmond (Images)
Actress Lead
Goldie Hawn (Butterflies Are Free)
Juliet Mills (Avanti!)
Liza Minnelli (Cabaret)
Cicely Tyson (Sounder)
Susannah York (Images)
Actor Lead
Edward Albert (Butterflies Are Free)
Marlon Brando (The Godfather)
Jack Lemmon (Avanti!)
Steve McQueen (The Getaway)
Al Pacino (The Godfather)
Motion Picture
Avanti! (Billy Wilder) Italy / USA
Butterflies Are Free (Milton Katselas) USA
Cabaret (Bob Fosse) USA
The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola) USA
Images (Robert Altman) UK / US
L’Amour l’après-midi (Éric Rohmer) France
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel) France / Italy / Spain
Nybyggarna (Jan Troell) Sweden
Roma (Federico Fellini) Italy / France
Viskningar och rop (Ingmar Bergman) Sweden
It was hard to argue with the direction taken by AMPAS in their voting in 1972. What were your picks for this year – comment below.
I can say for sure that I would most likely put Cabaret and The Godfather in every category. I’d also add Deliverance and The Poseidon Adventure in most categories as well. Frenzy was also pretty good. Top of my need to see list is Cries & Whispers and Aguirre.