Review of The Manchurian Candidate (1962) by Sterling S — 01 Feb 2009

Awesome cold war/communist paranoia film. Everyone gives great performances and this has some great character subtext (surprisiingly mature) and violence (surprisingly graphic) that bellies its time period.

Once thought of as a lost treasure after the film disappeared for a time post Kennedy assassination; it's well worth looking up and soaking in the directorial techniques, the crisp script and the fine characterizations.

You might want to try to bring some of that back. You won't find it in the remake (felt a bit neutured) and you certainly won't find it in Frankenheimer's kid's (Michael Bay) films.