The werewolf of Washington

par Philippe  -  6 Mai 2024, 08:50

The werewolf of Washington

Feature movie directed by : Milton Moses Ginsberg, writing credits : Milton Moses Ginsberg, produced by : Stephen S Miller, Nina Schulman, Diplomat Pictures, Millco productions, cinematography : Robert M Baldwin, music : Arnolf Freed, film editing : Milton Moses Ginsberg, cast : Dean Stockwell, Katalin Kalley, Henri Ferentino, Despo Diamantidou, Thayer David, Nancy Andew, Clifton James, Michael Dunn, ..., (1973), 85mn.

 

In the mythology from Greece the Aracadia King Lycaon becomes werewolf punishing by Zeus for eating and serving meat during a dinner. Since the beginning of motion picture industry many movies deals with werewolfs but "The werewolf of Washington" stays special because he introduces in a political level. Everything begins when a young press assistant working at the White House is biten in Hungary by a werewolf who becomes to be just after a human being. When he moves back to United - States he succeeds to transform himself as a werewolf looking for blood and launches attacks all over Washington DC. Known for his social documentaries ("Down and out of America" (1986), "Listen Up, the lives of Quincy Jones" (1990), "Sidney Poitier, one bright night" (2000), "Fidel" (2002)) Milton Moses Ginsberg has only directed two feature movies. The first names "Coming Apart" (1969) speaks about a psychiatrist who have intimate relationships with his female patients inside his own office as a kind of medecine. Classified X - Rated dues to the explicit sexual scenes Milton Moses Ginsberg decides to make another but more political. "The werewolf of Washington" is a vitriolic point of view about the Nixon administration two years before the Watergate affair. During the 1960's people have demonstrate a lot for changing and famous leaders as John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy and Martin Luhter King have been assassinated. Milton Moses Ginsberg depicts a cruel and racist president who doesn't hesitate to make deals with us ennemies and ready to charge the Black Panther Party for the werewolf killings. With a low budget ans any special effects "The werewolf of Washington" isn't a real scary movie but something strange showing us the dangers of autoritarism like the Trump administration.

Dean Stockwell as "The werewolf of Washington" (1973)

Dean Stockwell as "The werewolf of Washington" (1973)

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