Sunday, March 17, 2013

Bigger Than Life

James Mason   d/  Nicholas Ray

Early fifties drama about the perils of newfangled medical treatments...in this case cortisone. Mason plays a schoolteacher with a rare illness who is given an experimental drug ands undergoes major personality changes which threaten his position in society and his family life.

Cautionary tale, beautifully acted by JM. A little creaky here and there but still effective with outstanding framing, color and tech look.

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