Jack Nicholson presenting an Honorary Oscar® to Michelangelo Antonioni in recognition of his place as one of the cinema's master visual stylists, at the 67th Academy Awards® in 1995.
Jack was in both Cuckoo's Nest & The Passenger- came out same time. Jack won for Cuckoo. Jack disappeared into the movie The Passenger. The role called for him not to use his charisma. Amazing acting.
You guys had no idea what you were talking about. Back in the 60s (and most of the people in there at the time were teenagers and some in their twenties and so forth) you would have groups divided by those who loved La Dolce Vita and those who loved L'Avventura. It was a major thing worldwide even. I am from Portugal and those two films were talked about here a lot, still are in different ways, and in 60s we were still under a dictatorship. Don't undermine the culture of people around the world, specially in Hollywood. Fellini and Antonioni and even Pasolini were cornerstones, it was impossible not to know who they were if you loved Cinema and other art forms. These guys were respected. Many people didn't like those films, but they were groundbreaking and damn right fascinating. All the best.
@@DemoniacLL Why would there be groups divided by who loved La Dolce Vita those who loved L'Avventura? Why weren't there people who liked both? And you're talking from a Portuguese point-of-view; the Oscars is US-centric.
Blow-Up is not only my favorite film of all-time but I believe it to be among the best if not the best.The cinematography is unmatched and David Hemmings along with the abstract concepts of the film are flawless.
Steven Leviere thanks TCM XD. I've also seen L'avventura, The Passenger, and Red Desert. Red Desert is pretty good, but not on the same level as the other 3 IMO
+Jacob Ryan Harris. TCM is all i watch and i watched some of your cinematography video and saw you had L' Aventurra. I have seen that one and have only seen parts of The Passenger but have not seen Red Desert but I plan to watch them all. I also hope that Blow-Up will make your cinematography list from now on.
Personally, Michael Antonioni is my idol. I find him to be the greatest director in the history of cinema. L’Avventura is not only by far my favorite film of all time but in my opinion the greatest film ever made.
A true legend. Antonioni, Bresson, Godard, Nicholas Ray, and straub would all be my picks for the all time greats. So happy to see Antonioni getting the recognition he truly deserves, what an unbelievable talent, has inspired me to no end.
"l'avventura" is my favorite antonioni film as i also love "la notte", "l'eclisse", "red desert", "blow-up", "zabriskie point", and "the passenger". i just got "identification of a woman" which i haven't seen as i hope to see everything else he does.
How do you not permit Lauren Bacall, who is in her late 80s, and Eli Wallach, in his 90s, come on stage after appropriate film clips documenting their careers, to be honored by their peers? When Cary Grant, Peter O'Toole, Laurence Olivier, Stanley Donen, Robert Redford and Sophia Loren were similarly honored at the Awards, it was the highlight of the shows.
In the 3 years as Richard Avedons assistant, MA was the kindest and most impressive person. 4 years after this award he was photographed at Avedons in NY. By that time he could talk better again. When it was time to go he slowly walked back to the studio… Avedon told him: Michelangelo the exit door is the other way! He replied: Well, of course - but I have to say good bye to the assistants! I will never forget this.
I'm a big fan of Jack Nicholson, particularly his 70's work, but it's a shame that he couldn't have delivered his speech with more feeling. It gives the impression that he'd never even heard of Antonioni before that ceremony, let alone played the lead in one of his films.
Michelangelo Antonioni: • Golden Leopard - Best Film (Locarno Film Festival): "Il grido" (1957) • Golden Bear - Best Picture (Berlin International Film Festival): "La notte" (1961) • Golden Lion - Best Picture (Venice Film Festival): "Il deserto rosso" (1964) • Golden Palm - Best Picture (Cannes Film Festival): "Blowup" (1966) • Honorary Oscar (Academy Awards): "In recognition of his place as one of the cinema's master visual stylists". (1995)
In my opinion, Blow up is one of the most incredible and beautiful film ever made. He wanted to tell us an important thing, we have to believe in what we are and in what we are able to believe, we should understand the differences between the images (those could be unrealistic) and the reality. With that film, and also with the growth of the power of social media, tv shows, he would like to exhort us to just believe in what we are.
Idk, 8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita can easily be compared with Antonioni's best. I believe at their best, Antonioni wins, at their worst, Fellini wins. Antonioni made some extremely forgettable endeavours at the end of his career.
Absolutely. Moving the ceremony to a private only dinner is absolutely ridiculous. They don't care about the fans anymore. How about less drivel from the always awful hosts they choose and more about movies and honoring our pioneers?
Antonioni had a few good flicks, the last one was "Blowup" in 1966. After that came "Zabrinskie Point" a full 4 years later, which was a total stinker and box office bomb. Nothing too good to remember after that. But it's good they gave him an honorary award at least.
@Shahaan G I don't think any of the three people on the stage are banal. The contrast is between Antonioni's films and the Oscars. But I'm guessing you already got that.
@Shahaan G I see. I still take it as the Hollywood/Antonioni (representing the European fim tradition or just auteurs in general, there are Americans among them as well of course) dichotomy. I agree with you about Nicholson.
Shahaan G As Vingul pointed out the contrast between the often vapid spectacle of the Oscars and Antonioni is what I meant, of course there are great Hollywood movies too but the Oscars are usually where great ideas are passed up to recognize and venerate mediocre ones.
To the "brain trust" at the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences who decided to present the Honorary Oscars at a separate ceremony in November in anticipation of the Oscar presentation in late February: this was one of the worst ideas in American history. If the Academy can't take ten or fifteen minutes out of a three and a half hour show to honor its pioneers and luminaries during the Oscars they should go out of business. Let the host make a few less witty remarks.
Another one of those strange awards. Michealangelo Antonioni made only a handful of worthwhile movies and basically gave up on the cinema after the commercial failure of THE PASSENGER.
A handful? And The Passenger, though not commercialy sucessful was the finest american film of the 70s, his work is beyond impressive, even after 1975, just look at his film Beyond The Clouds
