Manchurian Candidate Analysis

In my media class was watched the newest 2004 The Manchurian Candidate. The original film was made in 1962, this has a similar plot to the 2004 action paced extraordinary.

This version has more of a racial element to it as it only has white men in it, it's in black and white. There is hardly any women in this film and although one or two women are shown they don't have a big part in the film, they haven't got a main role which take us back to when society was actually like this women had roles of housewives so politics wouldn't of been spoken among woman, men were far more dominate. This film was directed by John Frankenheimer all the actors of that time where white the country was dominated by whites.




The new 2004 version The Manchurian Candidate is even more thrilling and intense graphical violence than the original. This American thriller film is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Richard Condon, and a re imagining of the previous 1962 film. The film is a critique of sociopolitical messages from the early '60s Cold War era with the same content as the original version. The film is about a government conspiracy involving a former Korean POW, Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber), who was thought to have been brainwashed by the Communists to be an assassin. The original version in 1962 has very much been updated which suit the more modern audience by new director Jonathan Demme, written by  Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris starring Denzel Washington who has the leading role in the film, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Jon Voight and Jeffrey Wright. Critics has said 'This film is gripping and thought provoking. I loved every minute of it'. highlighting the positive affects it has on the viewers after watching, this film is a thriller sensation with elements of a typical thriller but also overlaps with other genres which is why i highly recommend others to watch regardless of genre Favorites, you won't be disappointed. 

This film has used suspense, red herrings & cliffhangers which are used extensively. The genre is flexible & can engage the audience through a dramatic rendering of psychological social & political tension. The villain who is the president is a driven plot, whereby he presents obstacles that the hero must overcome.