The Manchurian Candidate Contributor(s): Marcus, Greil (Author) |
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ISBN: 1838719644 ISBN-13: 9781838719647 Publisher: British Film Institute OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
Dewey: 791.437 |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 7.5" (0.40 lbs) 96 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: It may be the most sophisticated political thriller ever made in Hollywood, film critic Pauline Kael wrote of John Frankenheimer's terrifying 1962 political thriller about an American serviceman brainwashed in Korea and made into an assassin. Sophisticated to be sure, it's also a headlong fall through the looking-glass of American politics and the most deeply prophetic film of the second half of the American century. As Greil Marcus reconstructs the drama, The Manchurian Candidate is a movie in which the director and actors, including Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury in an Academy Award-nominated performance, were suddenly capable of anything, beyond any expectations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Marcus, Greil: - One of America's most original and incisive critics of pop music and pop culture, Greil Marcus is the author of Double Trouble, Dead Elvis, Lipstick Traces, and Mystery Train. He lives in Berkeley, California. |