I reviewed Jonathan Demme's 2004 remake of THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, an eerily prescient paranoid political thriller with some of the most inventive and engaging lighting I've seen in years. www.patreon.com/posts/122315... - ThreadSky

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scumbelievable.bsky.social • 13 days ago

I reviewed Jonathan Demme's 2004 remake of THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, an eerily prescient paranoid political thriller with some of the most inventive and engaging lighting I've seen in years.

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cgroenink.bsky.social•13 days ago

Any movie that has Simon McBurney being a nasty little freak has something going for it.

timsauv.bsky.social•13 days ago

It’s so terribly affecting to watch Denzel in such a vulnerable role

scumbelievable.bsky.social•13 days ago

it REALLY is

divney.bsky.social•13 days ago

And someone finally cast Robyn Hitchcock as a shadowy secret operative! (it was only ever going to be Demme)

slarnos.bsky.social•13 days ago

On rewatch a few years ago a lot less absurd than it seemed at the time.

alchemist64.bsky.social•13 days ago

Even if I forget everything else in the movie as the years go by, That fucked up mother/son shower scene in the stark white room is burned in my memory.

wheredidjasongo.bsky.social•13 days ago

I have this really bad habit of coincidentally watching The Manchurian Candidate right before a national election and the scene where they suffocate that one soldier with the plastic bag still upsets me

thaddeusjames.bsky.social•13 days ago

I was just thinking about rewatching the original when your review showed up in my email. Might do a little weekend marathon...

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