1992 FILM BALLOT

the point of this exercise isn't merely to stand in contrast to industry awards shows but to shine light on other works/achievements/performances that might've not gotten enough consideration during their initial releases 

Another one of my old "Best in Film" ballots. 

Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:   1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1992,
 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Also, if you wish to view my favorite 30 films of 1992, go here

Note: "Animated Short" and "Animated Feature" categories have been merged into one Animation category, regardless of runtime length. Also "Sound Editing" and "Sound Mixing" have been combined into one "Sound Design" category. Focusing on both overall mix and sound creation.

1992

*THE LONG DAY CLOSES
UNFORGIVEN
THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE 

LAST OF THE MOHICANS [DIRECTOR'S CUT]

MALCOLM X 

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME

THE PLAYER

BAD LIEUTENANT

THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL

PASSION FISH
THE CRYING GAME

DELICATESSEN

HEIMAT II: CHRONICLE OF A GENERATION

EUROPA [ZENTROPA]

ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA

SWORDSMAN II

CENTER STAGE

HUSBANDS AND WIVES

SOLO CON TU PAREJA [LOVE IN THE TIME OF HYSTERIA]

THE STRANGER [THE VISITOR]

actual oscar nominees:
THE CRYING GAME
SCENT OF A WOMAN
UNFORGIVEN  (won)
HOWARDS END
A FEW GOOD MEN

actual oscar nominees:
CLOSE TO EDEN
DAENS
INDOCHINE  (won)
A PLACE IN THE WORLD
SCHTONK!










1992

*Terence Davies 

          for THE LONG DAY CLOSES
Leos Carax for THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE
Clint Eastwood for UNFORGIVEN
Robert Altman for THE PLAYER
David Lynch for TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME

actual oscar nominees:
Neil Jordan for THE CRYING GAME
James Ivory for HOWARDS END
Clint Eastwood for UNFORGIVEN  (won)
Robert Altman for THE PLAYER  
Martin Brest for SCENT OF A WOMAN










1992

*Mary McDonnell 

                           in PASSION FISH
Sheryl Lee in TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME
Sharon Stone in BASIC INSTINCT

Emma Thompson in HOWARD'S END

Edie Falco in LAWS OF GRAVITY

actual oscar nominees:
Catherine Deneuve in INDOCHINE
Mary McDonnell in PASSION FISH
Michelle Pfeiffer in LOVE FIELD
Susan Sarandon in LORENZO'S OIL
Emma Thompson in HOWARD'S END  (won)











1992

*Harvey Keitel 

                 in BAD LIEUTENANT
Denzel Washington in MALCOLM X
Jacques Dutronc in VAN GOH
Laurence Fishburne in DEEP COVER

Robert Downey Jr. in CHAPLIN

actual oscar nominees:
Robert Downey Jr in CHAPLIN
Denzel Washington in MALCOLM X
Stephen Rea in THE CRYING GAME
Al Pacino in SCENT OF A WOMAN  (won)
Clint Eastwood in UNFORGIVEN












1992

*Alfre Woodard in PASSION FISH
Michelle Pfeiffer in BATMAN RETURNS

Judy Davis in HUSBANDS AND WIVES
Vanessa Redgrave in HOWARDS END
Tilda Swinton in EDWARD II

actual oscar nominees:
Judy Davis in HUSBANDS & WIVES
Joan Plowright in ENCHANTED APRIL
Vanessa Redgrave in HOWARDS END
Miranda Richardson in THE CRYING GAME
Marisa Tomei in MY COUSIN VINNY  (won)










1992

*Al Pacino 

       in GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
David Strathairn in PASSION FISH
William Forsythe THE WATERDANCE
Gene Hackman in UNFORGIVEN
Jeff Goldblum in DEEP COVER

actual oscar nominees:
Jaye Davidson in THE CRYING GAME
Gene Hackman in UNFORGIVEN  (won)
Al Pacino in GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
David Paymer in MR. SATURDAY NIGHT
Jack Nicholson in A FEW GOOD MEN









1992

*PASSION FISH - John Sayles
UNFORGIVEN - David Webb Peoples
LIGHT SLEEPER - Paul Schrader
THE CRYING GAME - Neil Jordan
HUSBANDS AND WIVES - Woody Allen
ONE FALSE MOVE - Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson

actual oscar nominees:
THE CRYING GAME  (won)
HUSBANDS AND WIVES
LORENZO'S OIL
PASSION FISH
UNFORGIVEN









1992

*THE PLAYER - Michael Tolkin
MALCOLM X - Arnold Perl, Spike Lee

HOWARD'S END - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
A MIDNIGHT CLEAR - Keith Gordon
GLENGARRY GLENN ROSS - David Mamet

actual oscar nominees:
SCENT OF A WOMAN
HOWARDS END  (won)
ENCHANTED APRIL
THE PLAYER
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT










1992

*LESSONS OF DARKNESS
THE QUINCE TREE SUN [THE DREAM OF LIGHT]
BROTHER'S KEEPER
VIEOGRAMS OF A REVOLUTION
ROCK HUDSON'S HOME MOVIES

actual oscar nominees:
CHANGING OUR MINDS: STORY OF DR. EVELYN HOOKER
FIRES OF KUWAIT
LIBERATORS: FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS IN WWII
MUSIC FOR THE MOVIES
THE PANAMA DECEPTION  (won)











1992

*PORCO ROSSO
"D.I.M." by Marek Skrobecki
THE SANDMAN

Kawajiri's "RUNNING MAN" [NEO TOKYO segment]
MONA LISA DESCENDING A STAIRCASE

LANDSCAPE WITH THE FALL OF ICARUS

ELLE by Joanna Quinn
THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN

Rintaro's LABYRINTH LABYRINTHOS [NEO TOKYO] 

HIS NAME IS ALIVE: ARE WE STILL MARRIED

FERN GULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST

JESUS VS. FROSTY [THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS]

ADAM by Peter Lord

actual oscar nominees animated short:
ADAM
MONA LISA DESCENDING A STAIRCASE  (won)
THE SANDMAN
WORDS WORDS WORDS
SCREEN PLAY

1992

*THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS 

        - Randy Edelman, Trevor Jones >
BASIC INSTINCT - Jerry Goldsmith >
BATMAN RETURNS - Danny Elfman >
ALADDIN - Alan Menken >
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME - Angelo Badalamenti >

1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE - Vangelis >

actual oscar nominees:
ALADDIN  (won)
BASIC INSTINCT
CHAPLIN
HOWARDS END
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

1992

*A SENSE OF HISTORY
R.E.M.: EVERYBODY HURTS
BOTTLE ROCKET
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS: GIVE IT AWAY

SWAN SONG
THE COLOURS OF MY FATHER: PORTRAIT OF SAM BORENSTEIN

MADONNA: RAIN

actual oscar nominees live action short:
CONTACT
CRUISE CONTROL
THE LADY IN WAITING
OMNIBUS  (won)
SWAN SONG

actual oscar nominees documentary short:
AT THE EDGE OF CONQUEST: JOURNEY OF CHIEF WAI-WAI
BEYOND IMAGINING: MARGARET ANDERSON & THE "LITTLE REVIEW"
THE COLOURS OF MY FATHER: A PORTRAIT OF SAM BORENSTEIN
EDUCATING PETER  (won)
WHEN ABORTION WAS ILLEGAL

categories below this point are

↓for you technical craft lovers↓

1992

*THE LONG DAY CLOSES 

                    - Michael Coulter, BSC
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT - Philippe Rousselot, AFC, ASC
UNFORGIVEN - Jack N. Green, ASC
ALIEN ³ - Alex Thomson, BSC, ASC
EUROPA - Edward Klosinsky, PSC

actual oscar nominees:
HOFFA
HOWARDS END
THE LOVER
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT  (won)
UNFORGIVEN










1992

*THE CRYING GAME - Kant Pan
THE LONG DAY CLOSES - William Diver
RESERVOIR DOGS - Sally Menke
MALCOLM X - Barry Alexander Brown
THE PLAYER - Geraldine Peroni
TETSUO: THE IRON MAN - Shin'ya Tsukamoto

actual oscar nominees:
BASIC INSTINCT
THE CRYING GAME
A FEW GOOD MEN
THE PLAYER
UNFORGIVEN  (won)

1992 - PRODUCTION DESIGN + SET DECOR

*BATMAN RETURNS - Bo Welch
DRACULA - Thomas Sanders; Garrett Lewis
UNFORGIVEN - Henry Bumstead; Janice Blackie-Goodine
ALIEN ³ -  Norman Reynolds; Belinda Edwards
CHAPLIN - Stuart Craig; Chris A. Butler

TOYS - Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Linda DeScenna

actual oscar nominees:
DRACULA
CHAPLIN
HOWARDS END  (won)
TOYS
UNFORGIVEN











1992

*DRACULA - Eiko Ishioka

TOYS - Albert Wolsky

BATMAN RETURNS - Mary E. Vogt

HOWARDS END - Jenny Beavan, John Bright
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS - Elsa Zamparelli

actual oscar nominees:
DRACULA  (won)
ENCHANTED APRIL
HOWARDS END
MALCOLM X
TOYS










1992

*BATMAN RETURNS - Stan Winston 
DRACULA - Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke; Mungle
HOFFA - Ve Neill, Greg Cannom, John Blake
SOCIETY - Screaming Mad George

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS - Stefano Fava
DEATH BECOMES HER - Dick Smith

actual oscar nominees:
BATMAN RETURNS  
DRACULA  (won)
HOFFA










1992

*DRACULA
ALADDIN
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
ALIEN ³
UNFORGIVEN

actual oscar nominees sound mix:
ALADDIN
A FEW GOOD MEN
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS  (won)
UNDER SIEGE
UNFORGIVEN

actual oscar nominees sound editing:
ALADDIN
DRACULA  (won)
UNDER SIEGE










1992

*DEATH BECOMES HER
ALIEN ³
BATMAN RETURNS 
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN

SOCIETY

WICKED CITY

actual oscar nominees:
ALIEN 3
DEATH BECOMES HER  (won)
BATMAN RETURNS

↓The following categories are inspired by The Muriel Awards

1992

*1) Extended shot of dancing light on carpet - THE LONG DAY CLOSES
2) Figures re-igniting Kuwaiti oil fields 

---------------------------------------------- LESSONS OF DARKNESS
3) Water skiing the river Seine amidst fireworks 

--------------------------------------------- LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE
4) Entire somber "A Change is Gonna Come" sequence 

------------------------------------------------ MALCOLM X
5) Munny's icy vengeance in saloon during downpour 

------------------------------------------------- UNFORGIVEN
6) Alice's decision. **Finale at Chimney Rock** 

---------------------------------------------- LAST OF THE MOHICANS
7) Selena Kyle is resurrected by feral cat bites in Gotham alleyway, returns home concussed & trashes her apartment -------------------------------------------------- BATMAN RETURNS
8) Scolding lead covered Xenomorph gets doused in water 

-------------------------------------------------------------- ALIEN ³  
9) Vlad the Impaler's blasphemy. **Prologue** 

------------------------------------------- BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
10) Discovering live snake in floorboards while driving 

------------------------------------------------ THE PLAYER
11) Chase sequence with the metal fetishist 

---------------------------------------------- TETSUO: THE IRON MAN
12) stroboscopic murder of Laura Palmer 

---------------------------- TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME
13) Spirits of fallen fighters climb into the stratosphere 

--------------------------------------------- PORCO ROSSO
14) The spring mattress/ paint roller sequence 

-------------------------------------------- DELICATESSEN

15) Mr. Pink’s shoot-out escape from diamond heist 

----------------------------------------- RESERVOIR DOGS

Also this:






1992

*MALCOLM X
UNFORGIVEN
HUSBANDS AND WIVES
THE PLAYER
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME

Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:   1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1992,
 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014