I Like to Watch: Voyeurism in Cinema
John Frankenheimer's masterwork of conspiracy and twisted loyalty finds an American POW brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for an international Communist plot.
At the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured and brainwashed by the enemy. Once returned home, Sgt. Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) is lauded as a hero, but platoon commander Capt. Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) finds himself plagued by strange nightmares. Together with fellow soldier Allen Melvin (James Edwards), they race to uncover a terrible plot. Featuring a thrilling, Oscar-nominated performance by Angela Lansbury—who would've turned 100 this year—like you've never seen her before. [126 min; triller; English]
"Its unreal characters [are] essentially relevant to ourselves in the Cold War, its extravagant fears for the future rooted logically in the recent past." — Peter John Dyer, Sight & Sound
"Life has rarely imitated art in more fantastic, catastrophic, and wildly suspicious ways than with The Manchurian Candidate." — Brian Eggert, Deep Focus Review
"Angela Lansbury's frighteningly in-check performance is alone worth the trip." — Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
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