Call me a recent convert to Frank Sinatra, or shall I say his music-particularly since I've been viewing TCM's 10 year anniversary of his death as the featured May artist. After buying Frank's "Nothing But The Best CD" at a local Best Buy, another fan doing same suggested I see "Man With The Golden Arm" (oh, and buy Sinatra at the Sands!). TCM's showing of this classic was timed perfectly for me.
Frank as Frankie machine is one of those film noir's that hit you straight at the undercurrent of life. A great jazzy soundtrack provides the grounding and serves to tie together this man's struggles. And boy does this guy have struggles; life has hammered him with more than he can handle. In the midst of all of this, Frankie displays a heart and soul along with a will to fight that not even he can comprehend. I've also become a Kim Novack fan (probably because of Hitchcock's "Vertigo"); she is tremendous in this film-both visually and artistically. This movie cuts hard and deep, moves along at a great pace particularly given it's content, and has tremendous atmosphere. I've now just realized that Frank Sinatra was more than one of the greatest of the great standard's era singers. A great performance from Frank, and a movie that hits on all cylinders of emotion and redemption.
Frank as Frankie machine is one of those film noir's that hit you straight at the undercurrent of life. A great jazzy soundtrack provides the grounding and serves to tie together this man's struggles. And boy does this guy have struggles; life has hammered him with more than he can handle. In the midst of all of this, Frankie displays a heart and soul along with a will to fight that not even he can comprehend. I've also become a Kim Novack fan (probably because of Hitchcock's "Vertigo"); she is tremendous in this film-both visually and artistically. This movie cuts hard and deep, moves along at a great pace particularly given it's content, and has tremendous atmosphere. I've now just realized that Frank Sinatra was more than one of the greatest of the great standard's era singers. A great performance from Frank, and a movie that hits on all cylinders of emotion and redemption.