The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

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Emphatically not the travesty that many feared, Jonathan Demme’s re-make of the Sinatra brainwashing classic transposes the action from the Korean to the Gulf war. The film is very well-cast, with Meryl Streep excelling in the old Angela Lansbury role as the terrifyingly ambitious mother willing to sacrifice her son’s sanity for political gain.

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Article - "All Eyes on Me: Paranoia in Cinema" by James Oliver
Tuesday 11th September 2007

Like all art, movies reflect the culture in which they were created. So it's no wonder that the movies made since the second world war are awash with paranoia. The modern world has provided ideal conditions for paranoia to thrive in. It's not just the moonbats who th...  View article in full

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