1977 National Society of Film Critics Awards objet du désir")<br> 3. John Travolta – "Saturday Night Fever" 1. Diane Keaton – "Annie Hall"<br> 2. Shelley Duvall – "3 Women"<br> 3. Jane Fonda – "Julia" 1. Edward Fox – "A Bridge Too Far"<br> 2. Bill Macy – "The Late Show"<br> 3. David Hemmings – "Islands in the Stream"<br> 3. Maximilian Schell – "Julia" 1. Ann Wedgeworth – "Handle with Care"<br> 2. Marcia Rodd – "Handle with Care"<br> 3. Sissy Spacek – "3 Women" 1977 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 12th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 19 December 1977, honored the best filmmaking of
Annie Hall run less-prestigious fare such as "The House of Exorcism" and "Messiah of Evil". Rob's demonstration of adding canned laughter to television demonstrates the "cynical artifice of the medium". New York serves as a symbol of Alvy's personality ("gloomy, claustrophobic, and socially cold, but also an intellectual haven full of nervous energy") while Los Angeles is a symbol of freedom for Annie. "Annie Hall" has been cited as a film which uses both therapy and analysis for comic effect. Sam B. Girgus considers "Annie Hall" to be a story about memory and retrospection, which "dramatizes a return via narrative desire to