El hombre del brazo de oro
The Man with the Golden Arm
Otto Preminger (EE.UU. de América, 1955) [B/N, 119 min]
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The Man with the Golden Arm
Otto Preminger (EE.UU. de América, 1955) [B/N, 119 min]
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Sinopsis:
- [fuente] Frankie Machine, un hombre con talento musical, sale de la cárcel y, además, consigue dejar la heroína. Su principal problema será encontrar un medio de vida honrado y evitar las drogas y el juego.
En SensaCine se escribió:Un heroinómano vive en lucha permanente contra su adicción. La desesperada realidad a la que se ve abocado le sitúa en un callejón sin salida.
AMG SYNOPSIS: When Otto Preminger was willing to release his drug-addiction drama Man With the Golden Arm without the sanction of a Production Code seal, it proved to be yet another nail in the coffin of that censorial dinosaur. Based on the novel by Nelson Algren, the film stars Frank Sinatra as Frankie Machine, expert card dealer (hence the title). Recently released from prison, Frankie is determined to set his life in order -- and that means divesting himself of his drug habit. He dreams of becoming a jazz drummer, but his greedy wife Eleanor Parker wants him to continue his lucrative gambling activities. Since Parker is confined to a wheelchair as a result of a car accident caused by Frankie, he's in no position to refuse. Only the audience knows that Parker is not crippled, but is faking her invalid status to keep Frankie under her thumb. Gambling boss Robert Strauss wants Frankie to deal at a high-stakes poker game; terrified that he's lost his touch, Frankie asks dope pusher Darren McGavin to supply him with narcotics. When McGavin discovers that Parker is not an invalid, she kills him, and Frankie (who is elsewhere at the time) is accused of the murder. He is willing to go to the cops, but he doesn't want to show up with drugs in his system. So with the help of sympathetic B-girl Kim Novak, Sinatra locks himself up and goes "cold turkey"-a still-harrowing sequence, despite the glut of "doper" films that followed in the wake of this picture. After Parker herself is killed in a suicidal fall, the path is cleared for Frankie to pursue a clean new life with Novak. -- Hal Erickson
AMG REVIEW: Groundbreaking and controversial when it was first released, The Man With the Golden Arm seems relatively tame by modern standards. The sequence in which Frankie kicks drugs still has power because of the strength of Frank Sinatra's performance, and the film isn't necessarily less effective because it doesn't show explicit details of drug use (e.g., it shows Frankie's face when he injects himself instead of showing the actual needle going into his arm). However, the story is weighed down by Hollywood melodrama and a particularly hokey ending. Also, the film's pacing is slow -- around a half hour could have been trimmed without harming the film -- and the discrepancy between the minimal, artificial-looking sets and the "realistic" subject matter is somewhat jarring. Nelson Algren himself said that he was displeased with the adaptation of his novel, and many modern viewers will probably find the movie to be somewhat dated. It's still a fairly entertaining yarn, nonetheless, and Sinatra's high-strung, fidgety performance is one of the highlights of his film career. Also, Darren McGavin gives a magnetic performance as the drug pusher Louie; Elmer Bernstein contributes a fine, albeit somewhat intrusive, jazzy score; and Saul Bass does a great job with the titles. -- Todd Kristel
- Otras referencias
- El hombre del brazo de oro (The Man With The Golden Arm). Claqueta.
- "Terapia de choque", por Christian Aguilera. CineArchivo.
- El hombre del brazo de oro (1955). Edgar Javier Mauricio Cerdán, Cinestonia.
- "Drogas y Cine". Claqueta.
- "Las drogas en el cine", por Jaime Fuertes. Proscritos.
Ficha técnica
- Otros títulos internacionales: L'homme au bras d'or / L'uomo dal braccio d'or.
Argumento: Nelson Algren (novela, 1949).
Guión: Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer / Ben Hecht (no acreditado).
Fotografía: Sam Leavitt (B&W).
Música: Elmer Bernstein.
Producción: Otto Preminger.
Productora: Otto Preminger Films / Carlyle Productions.
Reparto:
- Frank Sinatra (Frankie Machine).
- Eleanor Parker (Zosch Machine).
- Kim Novak (Molly).
- Arnold Stang (Sparrow).
- Darren McGavin (Louis).
- Robert Strauss (Schwiefka).
- John Conte (Drunky).
- Doro Merande (Vi).
- George E. Stone (Sam Markette).
- George Mathews (Williams).
- Leonid Kinskey (Dr. Dominowski).
- Emile G. Meyer (Inspector Bednar).
- Shorty Rogers (Himself).
- Shelly Manne (Himself).
- Frank Richards (Piggy).
- Will Wright (Lane).
- Frank Marlowe (Antek).
- Joe McTurk (Meter Reader).
- Ralph Neff (Chester).
- Martha Wentworth (Vangie).
- Leonard Bremen (Taxi Driver).
- Paul E. Burns (Suspenders).
- Charles Seel (Proprietor).
- Jerry Barclay (Junkie).
Premios:
- - 1955: 3 nominaciones al Oscar: Actor (Sinatra), direcc. artíst. B&N, bso (Drama o Comedia).
- 1955: National Board of Review: Mejor película
- 1955: Círculo de críticos de Nueva York: Nominada a Mejor Actor (Frank Sinatra).
- 1956: BAFTA: Nominada a mejor película y actor extranjero (Frank Sinatra).
Género:
- Drama social, Melodrama / Drogas, Jazz.
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- [monografía] Cine y drogas
Salud.
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