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Ronin is in a class of films (with the likes of Tora, Tora, Tora or Jackie Chan movies) that CGI can't even touch.

One of the first DVDs I ever watched, with the extras just driving home how amazing the stunt work was.

#Ronin #JohnFrankenheimer

The Driving of Ronin | Behind The Scenes Of The World's Greatest Movie Car Chase

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John Frankenheimer – „Wild Christmas“ (2000)

Für John Frankenheimer, den Regisseur, der das amerikanische Kino über Jahrzehnte mit politischer Paranoia, kaltem Machtdenken und formaler Strenge geprägt hat, war es sein letzter Kinofilm – ein scheinbar simpler Heist-Thriller mit Weihnachtsgimmick. Doch unter der Oberfläche dieses Auftragsfilms arbeitet etwas ganz anderes. Seine Müdigkeit, sein Zorn und seine Ironie. Es wurde eine Abrechnung mit einem Kino, das längst aufgehört hat, Verantwortung zu übernehmen. (ARD, Wh.)

Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/john-frankenheimer-wild-christmas-2000/
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The Insane Realism of the Film That Invented the Modern Car Movie

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Zmarł Val Kilmer – Fahrenheit

Wczoraj, 1 kwietnia 2025 roku, w wieku 65 lat zmarł amerykański aktor Val Kilmer.

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3 things about John Frankenheimer’s SEVEN DAYS IN MAY [1964]

1. “I’ll make you two promises: a very good steak, medium rare, and the truth, which is very rare.”
2. The senator refers to Jiggs’s collection of military medals, ribbons, and badges as fruit salad.
3. A few laps in the pool followed by a cigarette.

#3things #movies #coldwar #burtlancaster #KirkDouglas #johnfrankenheimer #cinema

'Reindeer Games' at 25: The Christmas Movie That Deserved Better

With Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron and a crew of homicidal Santa Clauses robbing a casino, why wasn't 'Reindeer Games' an instant Christmas classic?

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I watched Seconds for the first time last night. Rock Hudson turns in a brilliant performance in a deeply unsettling movie with excellent cinematography by James Wong Howe.
#Seconds #RockHudson #DavidEly #JamesWongHowe #JerryGoldsmith #JohnFrankenheimer #Sci-Fi #1960scinema
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There are people who think of Johnny as a clown and a buffoon. But I do not. I despise John Iselin and everything that Iselinism has come to stand for. I think if John Iselin were a paid Soviet agent, he could not do more harm to this country than he is doing now.”John McGiver in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
#TheManchrianCandidate #JohnFrankenheimer #GeorgeAxelrod #JohnMcGiver #MovieQuotes #MovieQuoteOfTheDay