John Frankenheimer loves his paranoid political thrillers. This film is rather dense as it starts out, meaning a lot happens and you better pay attention until the ball really gets rolling. Some amazing acting on display here, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam, all completely become their characters.

Around 1970 (filmed in 1963) a nuclear disarmament treaty has been signed, but the military thinks that the Soviet Union will not uphold their end. Therefore, a few…

An interesting documentary covering The Newport Folk Festival from 1963-1966. Lots of Joan Baez, Peter, Paul, and Mary, and Bob Dylan. I'd like to have seen more of the Georgia Freedom Singers, The Staple Singers, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Son House, Fred McDowell, and Mississippi John Hurt. Even with several African-American performers, and the rest being fully committed to the Civil Rights movement, the audience was overwhelmingly white. The filmmakers even mention that in the extras.

It is a bit…