Reviews
Wednesday, December 22 2004
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Demme's movie reasserts that the fabled U.S. political landscape isn't transparent or democratic, but instead, corrupted by the individuals who manage it.
Friday, July 30 2004
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
The Manchurian Candidate draws a line between the corporation and the government, sustaining a hope that the U.S. system might be salvaged by an honestly free election.
Blogs
Monday, July 25 2011
'The Manchurian Candidate' is Perfect Political Science Fiction
In the hands of one of the genre's true masters - John Frankenheimer - Richard Condon's novel becomes a blueprint for any nation's rocky internal relationships.
