1967 National Society of Film Critics Awards

2nd NSFC Awards

January 1968


Best Picture:
Persona

The 2nd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given by the National Society of Film Critics in January 1968, honored the best in film for 1967.[1]

The member critics voting for the awards were Hollis Alpert of the Saturday Review, Brendan Gill of The New Yorker, Philip T. Hartung of Commonweal, Pauline Kael of The New Yorker, Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic, Arthur Knight of Saturday Review, Joseph Morgenstern of Newsweek, Andrew Sarris of The Village Voice, Richard Schickel of Life, Wilfrid Sheed of Esquire, and John Simon of The New Leader.[2]

Winners

Best Picture

2. Bonnie and Clyde (9 points)
3. Closely Watched Trains (8 points)

Best Director

Best Actor

2. Marcello MastroianniThe Stranger (8 points)
2. Yves MontandThe War Is Over (8 points)

Best Actress

2. Annie GirardotLive for Life (20 points)
3. Edith EvansThe Whisperers (17 points)

Best Supporting Actor

2. Jean MartinThe Battle of Algiers (7 points)
3. Brian KeithReflections in a Golden Eye (6 points)

Best Supporting Actress

2. Vivien MerchantAccident (10 points)
3. Ellen O'MaraUp the Down Staircase (8 points)

Best Screenplay

2. Ingmar BergmanPersona (13 points)
3. Jiří Menzel and Bohumil HrabalClosely Watched Trains (10 points)

Best Cinematography

2. Conrad L. HallCool Hand Luke and In Cold Blood (9 points)
3. Sven NykvistPersona (6 points)
3. Nicolas RoegFar from the Madding Crowd (6 points)

References

  1. ^ "Magazine Critics Name Swedish Film 'Tops'". The Calgary Herald. 5 January 1968. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ Schickel, Richard; Simon, John, eds. (1968). Film 67/68: An Anthology by the National Society of Film Critics. New York: Simon and Schuster.