Based on the book by John Steinbeck, Elia Kazan’s 1955 cinema classic EAST OF EDEN is set in Salinas Valley, California during World War I and focuses on the Trask family who own a farm there. James Dean plays young Cal a moody misfit who is jealous of his older […]
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Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) has just been released from prison. During his time in the big house he successfully kicked his addiction to smack and even learned to play the drums which he got pretty good at. When he steps off the bus back into his old neighborhood everyone seems […]
The sounds of upbeat jazzy music by composer David Raksin in the opening credits of Joseph H. Lewis’ The Big Combo (1955) lead straight into a footchase though the back area of a boxing arena cloaked in darkness. Two men, Fante (Lee Van Cleef) and Mingo (Earl Holliman) are out […]
The classic film noir genre usually dealt with many of the same types of subject matter such as gangsters, double crosses and femme fatales, but Robert Aldrich‘s film adaptation of Mickey Spillane’s novel Kiss Me Deadly (1955) really took the genre to the edge. Screenwriter A.I. Bezzerides left the worn […]
INTRODUCTION: In this 10 part series for Furious Cinema we’ll be looking at the groundbreaking, iconic scores & soundtracks that impacted pop culture and film. Of course like any list, there is room for dispute and alternative choices, but after researching these musical pieces we’ve concluded they are indeed relevant […]