Best Films - 2001
by Andre Soares
A long, bizarre dream turns into a horrific nightmare once our warped heroine wakes up. David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. is part psychological drama, part suspense thriller, part black comedy, part horror, part tragedy, and all brilliance. It is the most merciless attack on Hollywood and on the pursuit of the so-called "American Dream" since Sunset Boulevard back in 1950. Naomi Watts, in a career-making performance, is the psychotically goody-goody Dorothy of La-La-Land who ends up eaten alive by the Wicked Witch of Broken Dreams.
FILM
Mulholland Dr.
Gosford Park
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
DIRECTOR
David Lynch (Mulholland Dr.)
Woody Allen (The Curse of the Jade Scorpion)
Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball)
Ashutosh Gowariker (Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India)
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Danis Tanovic (No Man’s Land)
ACTOR
Sean Penn (I Am Sam)
Woody Allen (The Curse of the Jade Scorpion)
Gael García Bernal (Y tu mamá también / And Your Mother Too)
Rene Bitorajac (No Man’s Land)
Ricardo Darín (El Hijo de la novia / Son of the Bride)
Ethan Hawke (Training Day)
Diego Luna (Y tu mamá también / And Your Mother Too)
Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge!)
Haley Joel Osment (A.I.: Artificial Intelligence)
ACTRESS
Naomi Watts (Mulholland Dr.)
Isabelle Huppert (La Pianiste / The Piano Teacher)
Juliane Köhler (Nirgendwo in Afrika / Nowhere in Africa)
Audrey Tautou (Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain / Amelie)
Maribel Verdú (Y tu mamá también / And Your Mother Too)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Georges Siatidis (No Man’s Land)
Stanley DeSantis (I Am Sam)
Ravi Ramos Lacerda (Abril Despedaçado / Behind the Sun)
Jude Law (A.I.: Artificial Intelligence)
Heath Ledger (Monster’s Ball)
Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Sidede Onyulo (Nirgendwo in Afrika / Nowhere in Africa)
Nick Stahl (In the Bedroom)
Jon Voight (Ali)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Norma Aleandro (El Hijo de la novia / Son of the Bride)
Nona Gay (Ali)
Annie Girardot (La Pianiste / The Piano Teacher)
Macy Gray (Training Day)
Kelly Macdonald (Gosford Park)
Maggie Smith (Gosford Park)
Sissy Spacek (In the Bedroom)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Gosford Park)
Celia Weston (In the Bedroom)
Dianne Wiest (I Am Sam)
SCREENPLAY
David Lynch (Mulholland Dr.)
Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Andrew Lesnie (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Walter Carvalho (Abril Despedaçado / Behind the Sun)
Roger A. Deakins (A Beautiful Mind)
Peter Deming (Mulholland Dr.)
Slavomir Idziak (Black Hawk Down)
Donald M. McAlpine (Moulin Rouge!)
Anil Mehta (Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India)
Roberto Schaefer (Monster’s Ball)
John Toll (Vanilla Sky)
ORIGINAL SCORE
Angelo Badalamenti (Mulholland Dr.)
Chris Beaty, Thad Spencer & Richard Werbowenko (Monster’s Ball)
Ed Cortês, Antônio Pinto & Beto Villares (Abril Despedaçado / Behind the Sun)
James Horner (A Beautiful Mind)
Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Yann Tiersen (Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain / Amelie)
"Best Films of …" Annual List
Comments
Leave a Reply
Note: All comments are moderated. Different views and opinions are welcome, but abusive/bigoted/flaming comments will NOT be approved. Also, please be aware that the Alternative Film Guide has NO contact information for the talent mentioned in this blog or any information pertaining to or access to distributors'/producers' film prints.
