John Frankenheimer

Movie Heaven Movie Hell

This week we look at the director John Frankenheimer. John worked his way up to director, starting out in television before venturing into feature films. Working all the way through the 60s to 2000, he made a name for himself for making paranoid thrillers, like MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE and SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, high octane car chases, like the ones in FRENCH CONNECTION 2 and RONIN, and for getting good performances out of diificult actors like Burt Lanacester, Frank Sinatara, Gene Hackman and Robert De Niro. The films under discussion are SECONDS, THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, RONIN and REINDEER GAMES (DECEPTION). Movie Heaven Movie Hell is a show where filmmakers Simon Aitken (BLOOD + ROSES, POST-ITS, MODERN LOVE) and Keith Eyles (FEAR VIEW, DRIVEN INSANE, CROSSED LINES) go through the A-Z of directors. Simon and Keith talk about their favourite and least favourite film from that director's body of work. Like our Facebook Fanpage at https://www.facebook.com/MovieHeavenMovieHell You can follow Movie Heaven Movie Hell on Twitter at @MovieHeavenHell You can find Simon Aitken's work at http://www.independentrunnings.com You can find Keith Eyles' work at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ4up3c883irE6oA2Vk0T7w