The Chase Review
Scripted by Lillian_Hellman from Horton_Foote's novel and play, The Chase's story -- of how fear of youth and distrust of the liberal Sheriff Calder unhinge a small-minded community -- became an allegory of cultural disintegration after the 1963 Kennedy assassination. In this hothouse atmosphere, traditional institutions of law and marriage fall prey to decadence and racism. Following a shoot marred by struggles for creative control, producer Sam_Spiegel took the film away from Arthur_Penn during editing, apparently leaving the best of Brando's performance on the cutting room floor. Penn subsequently disowned The Chase, swearing off filmmaking until Warren_Beatty cajoled him into making another timely movie pitting young rebels against society's repression: the landmark Bonnie and Clyde (1967). With this history, The Chase stands as a sign of incipient upheaval in both 1960s Hollywood and 1960s American culture. Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
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