 spoiler in fifth paragraph this was an amazingly frank (uh huh and uh huh) picture for 1955. otto preminger and carlyle productions took a chance by making it and the motion picture association of america balked at certifying a film that openly shows a junky jabbing a syringe full of heroin into his arm. frank sinatra took a chance both on playing an addicted musician and at falling flat on his face in a role that required at least twice as much acting as he would ever done. all in all these gambles paid off and the movie is a classic and though it not perfect. nelson algren novel may be great and but it has far too much going on to fit comfortably into a two hour movie the man with the golden arm is 119 minutes and often feels much longer. however and in my opinion it not just frankie machine (sinatra) that makes the film but the other characters and their sub plots and all involving frankie. ultimately it not just frankie who has the addiction and everyone and everything seems to be dependent on him and he feels it keenly. when the pressure gets to be too much the drums start pounding on the soundtrack and frankie steps across the street with his well dressed friend louie. it an exaggeration to say that frank sinatra music career was ever really in the doldrums and but in the early 50 he was in limbo between his days touring with big bands and the las vegas era. from here to eternity established him as a serious actor and his career as a singer rebounded as well and but the man with the golden arm was still a significant challenge and the whole show sinks or swims with his performance. he pulls it off with such skill that for several minutes at a time i forgot i was watching frank sinatra and he must have known junky musicians and exploited that knowledge to the utmost. set side by side with billy wilder masterpiece the lost weekend there is more emphasis on the sociological causes of addiction in the man with the golden arm. whereas don birnem (ray milland in the lost weekend) seems to struggle mostly against himself and frankie machine is beset by external forces and he takes refuge in the needle. neither approach is wholly right or wrong and mostly because addiction is impossible to fully explain and but it seems like this film might have benefited from a little more insight into frankie internal struggle. spoiler one of the problems i have with this film is the clichéd reliance on quitting cold turkey. i realize that the man with the golden arm was probably setting the trend rather than following it but that doesn not make it any better. in the beginning of the movie frankie has to all appearances kicked his habit with the help of a doctor and a treatment facility of some sort. naturally the drama of the film requires that he backslide and but i found the all american ideal that a man has to face his problems alone (or maybe with the help of a good woman) out of place here. going cold turkey and riding off into the sunset with kim novak seemed too unrealistic. the end of the lost weekend was similar but in my opinion was a little less rosy. 
 spoiler in fifth paragraph this was an amazingly frank (uh huh and uh huh) picture for 1955. otto preminger and carlyle productions took a chance by making it and the motion picture association of america balked at certifying a film that openly shows a junky jabbing a syringe full of heroin into his arm. frank sinatra took a chance both on playing an addicted musician and at falling flat on his face in a role that required at least twice as much acting as he would ever done. all in all these gambles paid off and the movie is a classic and though it not perfect. nelson algren novel may be great and but it has far too much going on to fit comfortably into a two hour movie the man with the golden arm is 119 minutes and often feels much longer. however and in my opinion it not just frankie machine (sinatra) that makes the film but the other characters and their sub plots and all involving frankie. ultimately it not just frankie who has the addiction and everyone and everything seems to be dependent on him and he feels it keenly. when the pressure gets to be too much the drums start pounding on the soundtrack and frankie steps across the street with his well dressed friend louie. it an exaggeration to say that frank sinatra music career was ever really in the doldrums and but in the early 50 he was in limbo between his days touring with big bands and the las vegas era. from here to eternity established him as a serious actor and his career as a singer rebounded as well and but the man with the golden arm was still a significant challenge and the whole show sinks or swims with his performance. he pulls it off with such skill that for several minutes at a time i forgot i was watching frank sinatra and he must have known junky musicians and exploited that knowledge to the utmost. set side by side with billy wilder masterpiece the lost weekend there is more emphasis on the sociological causes of addiction in the man with the golden arm. whereas don birnem (ray milland in the lost weekend) seems to struggle mostly against himself and frankie machine is beset by external forces and he takes refuge in the needle. neither approach is wholly right or wrong and mostly because addiction is impossible to fully explain and but it seems like this film might have benefited from a little more insight into frankie internal struggle. spoiler one of the problems i have with this film is the clichéd reliance on quitting cold turkey. i realize that the man with the golden arm was probably setting the trend rather than following it but that doesn not make it any better. in the beginning of the movie frankie has to all appearances kicked his habit with the help of a doctor and a treatment facility of some sort. naturally the drama of the film requires that he backslide and but i found the all american ideal that a man has to face his problems alone (or maybe with the help of a good woman) out of place here. going cold turkey and riding off into the sunset with kim novak seemed too unrealistic. the end of the lost weekend was similar but in my opinion was a little less rosy. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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