Director: Jonathan Demme
Stars: Denzel Washington, Leir Schneiber, Meryl Streep, Kimberly Elise.
The most recent version of the manchurian candidate is set in the gulf war to bring everything up to date and as the soldiers do a patrol they are attacked and kidnapped.
One main (the resourceful her) man major Ben Marco is trying to regain and unravel his sanity.
This film has a mix of the thriller genres:
Psychological, political and conspiracy
The threat in this film is the Communism of the global powers which threatens democracy.
The Director elaborates and makes the film bigger than life: Sadder, darker and stronger than life.
Raymond Shaw has the power but his mother is the enemy.
The modern version is very different to the original version: Drowning in the water creates a dream like setting by a remote lake. The fog represents a lack of clarity and non diegetic music builds up to build up the tension.
Simplicity in editing and close up camera shots reflects Raymond's hypnotic state.
Marco shoots Raymond and Eleanor
Under current of Greek myth, with inappropriate relationship between Raymond and Eleanor. Oedipus Rex.
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