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John Frankenheimer, born February 19 1930 in New York, is an American film director. After directing documentaries for the Air Force and then directing live television (152 shows from 1954-1960), Frankenheimer failed to live up to the promise of his debut films. Glossy production values and busy camera work came to dominate and the dearth of decent material meant his films were precise and accomplished but lacking. |
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John Frankenheimer, born February 19 1930 in New York, is an American film director. After directing documentaries for the Air Force and then directing live television (152 shows from 1954-1960), Frankenheimer directed one of the greatest of American films, "The Manchurian Candidate." A film that draws on both left-wing and right-wing paranoia, "The Manchurian Candidate" features great performances from Angela Lansbury, Frank Sinatra and even Lawrence Harvey, a mediocre actor in most of his other films. Frankenheimer failed to live up to the promise of his debut films. Glossy production values and busy camera work came to dominate flimsy material. Frankenheimer's later films are precise and accomplished but lacking. |
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