Bigger than Life
James Mason stars in one of the most audacious movies of the 50s.
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Nicholas Ray’s devastating critique of the conformist aspirations of postwar American life is an Oedipal melodrama as cortisone-addicted James Mason’s increasingly wild behaviour begins to destroy his family.
Ray's devastating critique of the conformist aspirations of postwar American life is an Oedipal melodrama kickstarted when doctors prescribe cortisone to teacher James Mason to prevent his premature death. Be it his growing addiction or a latent contempt for humanity coming to the fore, his increasingly wild behaviour begins to destroy his family. One of the most audacious movies of the 50s.
- Directed by:
- Nicholas Ray
- Cast:
- Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1956
- Running time:
- 95min
- Certificate:
- 12A