The Manchurian Candidate had the effect on me that Silence of the Lambs might have had on cannibals around the globe. Leaving aside today's ubiquitous directors' cuts, this would have to be one of the few films where the revised version stands up almost as well as the acclaimed original. Almost.
John Frankenheimer’s dark, brooding 1962 tale of American psycho-history is, if you can believe Rotten Tomatoes’ 100% rating, a genuine classic. It certainly took the box office by storm before being suddenly withdrawn from circulation and then re-released a quarter of a century later.
It is as much oracle as movie - steeped in what Norman Mailer called ... read more and comment here.
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