There was a time too bread in the 1990s when films dealing with a subject of Cold War felt archaic. With the breakdown of the Soviet Union and the propagation of democracy throughout Eastern Europe, we had good reasons to believe that the unshakable example of the West of representative government had won on the global market of ideas. The countries which had been pushed to financial misery by corrupt authoritarian leaders were suddenly impatient to participate in the game of capitalism. Alas, as most of us already knew it, There is no more corruptible game in town when the laws are not applied. A look at the daily titles clearly indicates that these cold war films are not only relevant – these are dark dispatches from a bizarro world where the West came out of this scary conflict.
It is a hard pill to swallow, and I would not blame you if you are not in mood for a classic paranoid political thriller at the time. After all, we probably did not take into account warnings of this kind. But if you have a strong stomach and just want to watch a film brilliantly designed on an attempt to take control of the American government, you can not do better than the classic of John Frankenheimer in 1962 “The Manchurian candidate”. And here is good news: you can currently watch it for free (with announcements) on YouTube.
The Manchurian candidate is a fascinating political thriller
Frankenheimer’s film, adapted from Richard Condon’s novel by qualified satirist George Axelrod, features Frank Sinatra in the role of Bennett Marco, an intelligence officer of the American army who was once retained by the Chinese during the Korean War. Raymond Shaw (Lawrence Harvey), who, being the son of a powerful American senator, was the son of a powerful American senator with presidential ambitions, turns out to be a precious asset. During their maintenance, men are washed by the brain via a technique that makes them sensitive to a specific trigger. For Shaw, she is the queen of diamonds, and it is the goal of her mother betrayal (a delightfully diabolical Angela Lansbury) to ask her involuntary son to free a murderous path towards the presidency of her husband.
“The Manchurian Cundidate” was released on October 24, 1962, four days before the resolution of the Cuban missile crisis, and has remained a favorite of political thriller addicts for more than half a century. The film obtained a boost in 1987 of a well -received projection at the New York Film Festival, which caused a theatrical reissue. Although it was shot in black and white (which should never be a stop, but if it is for you, my boy, you miss), Frankenheimer’s skills to stage suspense decorations are timeless; The film holds you in its grip until its superb final, which strikes differently today. Whether it leaves you angry or desperate, I guarantee that it will let you shake. It is an unforgettable film that is thinking about what it would take to overthrow the American government. It turns out that Condon, Frankenheimer and Axelrod were too full of hope.
