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Ethan 2022-09-05 16:19:02
never had a second life
This is an extension of German Expressionism in the 1920s, another breakthrough after Hitchcock's 60-year-old suspense-thriller film "Psycho", and an attempt to follow the shooting method of Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" in 1941. John Frankheimer's 36-year-old's work is directed like an educator.
If...
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Reed 2022-10-16 00:32:48
Old Order and New Dreams - Death Drive and Ascension
Shot in pure noir, the film is the neglected companion to Frankenheimer's cult masterpiece The Manchurian Candidate. We don't have space here to discuss the film's many salient features, such as its opening with one of the best opening titles Saul Bass has ever made (which can be compared with...
Elisabeth Fraser
Extended Reading
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Nora: The good things always happen with the rain.
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[to Tony Wilson]
Doctor in Operating Room: Relax, old friend.
[aside to a medical assistant]
Doctor in Operating Room: Cranial drill.
