The full list of nominees here.
We start today with Best Costume Design.
Best Costume Design
Isabel Pons
2. Ivan the Terrible, Part Two: The Boyars' Plot; 3. Li'l Abner; 4. Some Like It Hot; 5. Imitation of Life
In second, the royal robes become part of the plot in Ivan the Terrible, Part Two: The Boyars' Plot. In third, the comic book colors - capital-c Costumes - in Li'l Abner. In fourth, the dresses fit for all shapes, sizes, and sexes in Some Like It Hot. In fifth, the fashionable gowns and practical housecoats of Imitation of Life.
More, including Best Actor, Best Original Song, and Best Visual Effects, after the jump....
Best Visual Effects
Journey to the Center of the Earth
L.B. Abbott / James B. Gordon / Emil Kosa Jr., special photographic effects
Johnny Borgese, special effects
2. Ben-Hur; 3. Darby O'Gill and the Little People; 4. Godzilla Raids Again; 5. North by Northwest
All these films utilize rear projection at some point, but Journey to the Center of the Earth's come off more seamlessly, allowing the "dinosaurs" (made-up lizards) to be just impressive today as they must have been years ago. The effects go a long way to selling the scale of the journey: deep caves, endless mountain peaks, glittering crystals, volcanic eruptions.
In second, the battles, races, and miracles in Ben-Hur. In third, the supernatural effects, from leprechauns to Banshees, in Darby O'Gill and the Little People. In fourth, the explosive monster fights in Godzilla Raids Again. In fifth, the landmarks in North by Northwest.
Best Film Editing
The Human Condition: No Greater Love
Keiichi Uraoka
2. Ivan the Terrible, Part Two: The Boyars' Plot; 3. North by Northwest; 4. The Crimson Kimono; 5. The 400 Blows
Yes, the best editing of the year belongs to the three-and-one-half-hour epic The Human Condition: No Greater Love. Every cut is just right, at times jarringly going from a scene of quiet intimacy in the home to one of loud hostility in the prison camp. You think you see more than you do during a botched escape and its aftermath. The execution scene is above, and it's agonizing, perfect. Sometimes Uraoka doesn't cut at all, allowing a full scene with its actions, reversals and emotions to just play.
In second, the feverish energy of Ivan the Terrible, Part Two: The Boyars' Plot. In third, the action and visual double entendres of North by Northwest. In fourth, the unraveling mystery of The Crimson Kimono. In fifth, the languid gait of The 400 Blows.
Best Original Song
1. The Five Pennies - "Lullaby in Ragtime"
2. Black Orpheus - "Mãnha de Carnaval"
music by Luiz Bonfá
lyrics by Antônio Maria
3. Black Orpheus - "O Nosso Amor"
music by Antônio Carlos Jobim
lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes
4. Darby O'Gill and the Little People - "Pretty Irish Girl"
music and lyrics by Lawrence Edward Watkin & Oliver Wallace
5. A Hole in the Head - "All My Tomorrows"
music and lyrics by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Human Condition: No Greater Love
Zenzô Matsuyama & Masaki Kobayashi
based on the novel by Junpei Gomikawa
2. Anatomy of a Murder; 3. The Nun's Story; 4. Odds Against Tomorrow; 5. A Summer Place
Insists on allowing its full, sprawling ensemble room to breathe, for each character to make his or her case for existence. Frank in its depiction of the grasping desperation of people surviving under a government with delusions of grandeur. Unblinking in its criticism of the Japanese government's subjugation of the Chinese, of its army's brutality in carrying out its perceived destiny, of a society's willingness to go along in the name of "patriotism".
In second, the turns and personalities of a murder trial in Anatomy of a Murder. In third, the journey from novice to person in The Nun's Story. In fourth, the difficulties of race relations and pulling off a heist in Odds Against Tomorrow. In fifth, the multi-generational lust of A Summer Place.
Best Actor
Nikolay Cherkasov as Czar Ivan IV
Ivan the Terrible, Part Two: The Boyars' Plot
2. Tatsuya Nakadai in The Human Condition: No Greater Love; 3. James Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder; 4. Vincent Price in House on Haunted Hill; 5. James Shigeta in The Crimson Kimono
Nikolay Cherkasov continues the intensity and brilliance established in the first Ivan the Terrible. Madness and cunning share space within his eyes, gleaming whether he's anticipating the execution of a plot or furious at the perceived betrayals around him. He gets quieter moments here, too, moments that even surprise Ivan's most devoted followers, but Cherkasov shows a mind always at work, building defenses.
In second, Tatsuya Nakadai's tortured humanist. In third, James Stewart's quietly cynical lawyer. In fourth, Vincent Price's mischievous maybe-murderer. In fifth, James Shigeta's lovelorn, dutiful, self-conscious cop.
Here endeth the first day. The Human Condition: No Greater Love already grabs two - has a streak begun?
Tomorrow: Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, and many more, as the 1959 Retro Hollmann Awards continue!
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