1973 National Society of Film Critics Awards explained

8th NSFC Awards

January 4, 1974

----Best Film:
Day for Night

The 8th National Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1973. Voting by nineteen members of the society took place on 2 January 1974 and winners announced that day. Citations were presented to the winners in a ceremony on 20 January 1974. Both the voting and the ceremony occurred at the Algonquin Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.^{[1] [2]}

Winners

Best Picture

• Day for Night (La nuit américaine)

Best Director

• François Truffaut  - Day for Night (La nuit américaine)

Best Actor

• Marlon Brando  - Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)

Best Actress

• Liv Ullmann  - The New Land (Nybyggarna)

Best Supporting Actor

• Robert De Niro  - Mean Streets

Best Supporting Actress

• Valentina Cortese  - Day for Night (La nuit américaine)

Best Screenplay

• George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck  - American Graffiti

Best Cinematography

• Vilmos Zsigmond  - The Long Goodbye

Special Awards

• Tomás Gutiérrez Alea  - Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del subdesarrollo)
• Daryl Duke
• Robert Ryan  - The Iceman Cometh

External links

• Past Awards

Notes and References

1. News: Film by Truffaut named best of ‘73. 3 January 2018. The New York Times. 7 January 1974.
2. News: Champlin. Charles. 'Day for Night' Tops Critics' Poll. 3 January 2018. Los Angeles Times. 4 January 1974. 6 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306191452/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/157321008.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=&author=&pub=&edition=&startpage=&desc=. live.