There is an explicit agenda to Jonathan Demme’s remake of The Manchurian Candidate, comprised of many of the original’s best scenes, and also of parallels to the election its release was delayed to correspond with. And, to this end, it has a subversive utility – it’s the more sinister aside Fahrenheit 9/11 – but nothing compared to the original.
by Rumsey Taylor | Source: Cable TV
27 Dec 2005 11:04 AM | Comments (1)
Saw this again recently, it hasn’t aged well, has it? Frankenheimer was a childhood love of mine, but the energy is gone. Still, the camera work is superb even if he does overdo on the dutch angles.
AntonioniFan
12 March 2010
3:23 PM