Before he set out to make only ugly, tedious trash like G.I. Jane (1997), Gladiator (2000), and Black Hawk Down (2001), Ridley Scott directed at least three cinematic gems: Alien, probably the best monster movie ever; Blade Runner, one of the very best science-fiction films; and the character-driven Thelma & Louise, which leaves most road movies biting the dust. Callie Khouri’s perceptive screenplay was a big help, but Thelma & Louise was turned into an unforgettable screen experience because of its two vibrant stars, Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis.
FILM
Thelma & Louise
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Barton Fink
Il Capitano / Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem
Cheb
Da hong deng long gao gao gua / Raise the Red Lantern
Europa / Zentropa
La Frontera / The Frontier
JFK
Oxen / The Ox
NON-FICTION
Lyrisch nitraat / Lyrical Nitrate (d: Peter Delpeut)
DIRECTOR
Oliver Stone (JFK)
Hector Babenco (At Play in the Fields of the Lord)
Rachid Bouchareb (Cheb)
Joel Coen (Barton Fink)
Ricardo P. Larrain (La Frontera / The Frontier)
Sven Nykvist (Oxen / The Ox)
Ridley Scott (Thelma & Louise)
Jan Troell (Il Capitano / Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem)
Lars von Trier (Europa / Zentropa)
Zhang Yimou (Da hong deng long gao gao gua / Raise the Red Lantern)
ACTOR
John Turturro (Barton Fink)
Tom Berenger (At Play in the Fields of the Lord)
Jeff Bridges (The Fisher King)
Kevin Costner (JFK)
Robinson Díaz (La Gente de la Universal / The People at Universal)
Richard Dreyfuss (Once Around)
Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs)
Nanni Moretti (Il Portaborse / The Yes Man)
Antti Raini (Il Capitano / Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem)
Stellan Skarsgård (Oxen / The Ox)
ACTRESS
Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise)
Eileen Atkins (The Lost Language of Cranes)
Victoria Abril (Tacones lejanos / High Heels)
Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise)
Laura Dern (Rambling Rose)
Gong Li (Da hong deng long gao gao gua / Raise the Red Lantern)
Barbara Sukowa (Europa / Zentropa)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Lerner (Barton Fink)
Danny Aiello (Once Around)
John Candy (JFK)
John Goodman (Barton Fink)
Elliott Gould (Bugsy)
Michael Jeter (The Fisher King)
Tommy Lee Jones (JFK)
Ben Kingsley (Bugsy)
Gary Oldman (JFK)
Max von Sydow (Oxen / The Ox)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kathy Bates (At Play in the Fields of the Lord)
Annette Bening (Bugsy)
He Caifei (Da hong deng long gao gao gua / Raise the Red Lantern)
Meagen Fay (Barton Fink)
Ewa Fröling (Oxen / The Ox)
Cao Kaifeng (Da hong deng long gao gao gua / Raise the Red Lantern)
Nozha Khouadra (Cheb)
Kong Lin (Da hong deng long gao gao gua / Raise the Red Lantern)
Gena Rowlands (Once Around)
Jobeth Williams (Switch)
SCREENPLAY
Jean-Claude Carrière & Hector Babenco (At Play in the Fields of the Lord)
Felipe Aljure, Manuel Arias & Guillermo Calle (La Gente de la Universal / The People at Universal)
Abdelkrim Bahloul, Rachid Bouchareb & Christian Zerbib (Cheb)
Per Olov Enquist, Jan Troell & Göran Setterberg (Il Capitano / Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem)
Jorge Goldemberg & Ricardo P. Larrain (La Frontera / The Frontier)
Callie Khouri (Thelma & Louise)
Sven Nykvist & Lasse Summanen (Oxen / The Ox)
Lars von Trier & Nils Vorlsel (Europa / Zentropa)
Ni Zhen (Da hong deng long gao gao gua / Raise the Red Lantern)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Villenn Kaluta (Urga / Close to Eden)
Henning Bendtsen, Jean-Paul Meurisse & Edward Klosinsky (Europa / Zentropa)
Allen Daviau (Bugsy)
Roger A. Deakins (Barton Fink)
Lauro Escorel (At Play in the Fields of the Lord)
Zhao Fei (Da hong deng long gao gao gua / Raise the Red Lantern)
Stephen Goldblatt (The Prince of Tides)
Sven Nykvist (Oxen / The Ox)
Robert Richardson (JFK)
Héctor Ríos (La Frontera / The Frontier)
ORIGINAL SCORE
Zbigniew Preisner (At Play in the Fields of the Lord)
Eduard Artemiev (Urga / Close to Eden)
Jaime de Aguirre (La Frontera / The Frontier)
Jean-Claude Petit (Le Collier perdu de la colombe / The Dove’s Lost Necklace)