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Well
here is a bit of a surprise. In my life I have not heard as many wildly
different views of any film as with this one. Maybe it is the subject
matter?!
Ignoring all other reviews, the fact that a film in 1956
features heroin addiction with the worlds most famous performer is an
incredible thing. or that they show heroin at all is also strong. We should
rate the film with that period in mind.
Why we are considering it is
because Sinatra (one of our heros) is playing Frankie Machine, a junkie poker
dealer. He is recovering after a period in re-habilitation and has decided on a
new career as a big band drummer.
From the outset this looks like a film
pretending to be a play because the sets are so so cheap and superficial that
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that because there was some artistry intent here that never got out. The
interesting thing for gamblers is a really good scene of Frank dealing poker in
1956 America. Its quite real and the short number of frames where he is accused
of cheating is very much like several scenes from The Cincinnati Kid. The makers of that film
certainly copied something from this. |
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I will always watch
Frank but this was very short of a complete script. However it still had my
attention just because of the year it was made and because of the subject
matter.
Otto Preminger had a strange idea directing this movie. At least
the poker turned out to be quite a revelation. I don't know what else did in
this budget set movie. Quirky! 5/10 |
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| Director |
Otto
Preminger |
Frank
Sinatra |
Frankie
Machine |
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Nelson
Algren |
Molly |
Kim
Novak |
| Cinematography |
Sam
Leavitt |
Sparrow |
Arnold
Stang |
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