The manchurian candidate is a non-linear film based on war veterans who have been 'mind controlled' by the Soviet Union. The film begins with Raymond Shaw, being credited for the platoons survival and being awarded the medal of honour, after the recommendation of the Captain, Cpt Bennett Marco.
Once the platoon returns to the US, (minus two memebers who were MIA) two members begin having recurring nightmares about the two missing members being gunned down by their own men, infront of a communist party. As these scenes play out, the director chooses to make a large number of cuts and quick edits that gives the audience a sense of their struggle and confusion, as it confuses the audience aswell.
The film progresses unto a point that people discover Raymonds difficulties, and learns what triggers it, The queen of diamonds playing card, from this point on the film takes a generic approach to camera angles with no real stand outs, but continues to keep its quick edits and non-linear style to keep the confusion and tension of raymonds situation up.
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