The Manchurian Candidate is a movie based during the end of the Korean War in the early 1950’s. In the movie, Raymond Shaw, who was a U.S. soldier was brainwashed by communist. When he returns home to New York, Shaw and his commander Marco have recurring nightmares. Marco goes on to visit Shaw, and while that happens, Shaw’s mother runs the political career of her husband which is Shaw’s stepfather. Shaw’s mother is responsible for the brainwashing of her son so that she could help her husband with the presidential election.
This movie relates to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy because in the movie Shaw’s mother and stepfather brainwashed Shaw so that he could assassinate the next president. This parallels to the assassination of Kennedy because like Lee Harvey Oswald, Shaw also uses a rifle to attempt to take out the president. Also, this movie was released one year prior to the assassination of Kennedy which makes many think that this movie is responsible for the death of Kennedy.
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The film does a good job of making it feel like the 1950’s by using the events such as the Korean War and the Red Scare in the movie. Also, the director of the film chooses to shoot in different camera angles depending on the situation which helps shape the meaning of the scene. Finally, this movie does a good job of keeping the viewer entertained by the way the actors acted out the scene making it feel very realistic. While the movie is over fifty years old, I still do recommend watching it since it is shot very well and the plot of the movie only gets better as the film