John Frankenheimer
3 titles · american classical
Cold War paranoia made into thrillers. The Manchurian Candidate has a decorated Korean War veteran start to doubt what he remembers about his own sergeant. In Seven Days in May a Marine colonel warns the president that the military is planning a coup. Decades later Frankenheimer made Ronin, where mercenaries chase a briefcase across France in some of the best car chases of the decade.
Signature
- Political conspiracy and brainwashing.
- Deep-focus, crowded compositions from live television.
- Car chases shot at real speed (Ronin).
- Military and intelligence institutions under suspicion.
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