The Directors - The Films of John Frankenheimer: The work of director John Frankenheimer through interviews with him and his associates, with emphases on the earlier work.
One of my favorite directors, and his cinematic CV is impressive, in the final years of his career he, alongside J. Lee Thompson and Andrew V. Mclaglen, were the last three directors of the 50s, old-fashioned Hollywood, making the purest of possible entertainment, directing films that marked the childhood of many, thank you John Frankenheimer ❤
"Dramatic content over just sociological statement". Just? Just? Without "sociological statement" movies degenerate into chewing gum for the unwashed masses.
Yeah, I agree with "Just". A movie that is only dedicated to a sociological statement is worthless. You want to send a message? Give the audience bleeding, sweating humanity. Give them pain, not a dry lecture like a stuffed shirt university professor. Brian De Palma's Carlito's Way is one of my favorite examples. With this story of a gangster trying to get out of his rough world, De Palma ends up making a powerful statement about society as a whole: We are all too preoccupied with the accumulation of meaningless things
One of my fave directors. Very much underrated today. Quite an amazing grasp of every aspect of the film making process.
Cinema could use more directors like him.
RIP John Frankenheimer 1930-2002 😢😭
Great filmmaker
One of my favorite directors, and his cinematic CV is impressive, in the final years of his career he, alongside J. Lee Thompson and Andrew V. Mclaglen, were the last three directors of the 50s, old-fashioned Hollywood, making the purest of possible entertainment, directing films that marked the childhood of many, thank you John Frankenheimer ❤
54:37 is so insanely true today. Nobody today even knows who John Frankenheimer was.
I do
Wonderful upload, thank you so much
I am annoyed that little time was spent on Seconds which is easily Frankenheimer's best film.
Manchurian Candidate, Seven Days in May, Seconds-3 films that explain the Deep State
it was. it made me a fan.
This doc is something. I don't know what. A lot of films that he did NOT make well are not acknowledged.
How did they not even mention Seconds?
27:50... "Dick Bogarde"??? Doesn't anyone proofread scripts?
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Ronin gets 10 seconds ?
Exactly. His last GREAT film and it was glossed over.
@@DarkFireFly64 i won't argue over whether it was good or great, but path to war (2002) is a much more impressive undertaking overall.
"Dramatic content over just sociological statement". Just? Just? Without "sociological statement" movies degenerate into chewing gum for the unwashed masses.
Yeah, I agree with "Just". A movie that is only dedicated to a sociological statement is worthless. You want to send a message? Give the audience bleeding, sweating humanity. Give them pain, not a dry lecture like a stuffed shirt university professor. Brian De Palma's Carlito's Way is one of my favorite examples. With this story of a gangster trying to get out of his rough world, De Palma ends up making a powerful statement about society as a whole: We are all too preoccupied with the accumulation of meaningless things
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