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The Manchurian CandidateThe politics mishap gives it all away due to the structure of the script that build up in front of the audience without any security allowing the audience to breach it easily after which they find themselves waiting to attain a closure to the makers, actors and including themselves too. It is short on technical terms like sound department and production design although is edited perfectly. The script isn't as convoluted as the writers thinks which creates this portal of loop where the audience finds themselves outside the act rather than sinking into it. John Frankenheimer; the director, had done a tremendous work on executing this political plot driven thriller whose trump card up the sleeve isn't enough for it to win the game. The performance objective is nicely handled by Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey on their parallel role and so are Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury as a supportive cast. There are few scene shot beautifully as they lift up the intensity and the stakes on the screen, creating an energy that can easily be fed to the audience throughout the course of it. The Manchurian Candidate isn't worthy to be elected but can definitely be the "safe" choice to go with.

Frank Sinatra's having bad dreams. Ever since his return from the Korean War, he's had nightmares of his sergeant, Laurence Harvey, killing men in their unit. Is it shell shock? Is it a premonition? Larry is also struggling with his return to civilization, since his overbearing mother Angela Lansbury is a very powerful force in the political realm.If the title or plot sounds familiar to you, Hollywood remade The Manchurian Candidate in 2004, with Denzel Washington, Liev Shrieber, and Meryl Streep as the three leads, and updated to the Iraq War. The remake was also a great film, although perhaps not quite as chilling during the time of its release, since political corruption films were a new genre in the 60s. And the plot is so complex and confusing, even if you've seen one version, chances are you can watch the other without being able to guess or untangle the twists and turns. I have a soft spot in my heart for Frank Sinatra, so I'd recommend watching the original first, but Meryl Streep is frightening in her Hillary Clinton-esque portrayal in the remake, so if you want to watch that version first, that's fine.In addition to the tension-filled plot and scary setting of American politics, the acting in The Manchurian Candidate is fantastic. Both Frankie and Larry give wonderful performances, but only Angela Lansbury was honored with a nomination by the Academy in 1963. If you haven't yet seen it, rent at least one of the versions. It really is a classic.

A film with a plot like "The Manchurian Candidate" has would more often than not come across as silly, but, somehow, John Frankenheimer manages to craft this bizarre little story into one of the finest and most surprisingly modern films of the 1960's.The silly story is structured ingeniously, forcing the audience to, at first, piece together various parts of the cinematic puzzle, before pulling us in to a world of evil and mayhem that lies beneath the political surface. Frankenheimer's lens captures the many oddities hidden within this story, using bizarrely comic and horrific dream sequences and effective use of wide angled lens shots to their finest advantages.Mixing tragedy, intensity, and wit may sound like a challenge, but for films like "The Manchurian Candidate", it comes naturally and infects the screen in a magical and engaging way.

This one is yet another re-watch and what a picture it is. It has held up very very well over the years and is still absolutely spell binding.All of the players are incredibly well played from start to finish but... I must mention the one real flaw ... Janet Leigh's character is like something from another film and just does not make any sense. Strangers one minute and life companions the next ? Really ! But, that being said. It is well worth a watch and be sure to check out the trivia section on the IMDb page for the Manchurian Candidate.Angela Lansbury was only 36 years old when she made this film and was only 3 years older than Laurence Harvey playing her son. She is nothing less than magnificent. Her best "evil to the core" Angela.