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I thought it interesting to highlight a reel librarian outside the actual library.

It turns out that this is the only reel librarian we will see in this library scene… before Marco even sets foot into the library! (You can just make out “ The New York Public Library” text above his photograph on the visitor pass.) Visitor pass to the NYPL This will just take a minute.Īs we see in the closeup of Marco’s library visitor pass below, he did NOT feel like smiling on this trip to the library. Smile! You’re on candid camera!ĭuana Butler plays the “Library Clerk” role, and she gets two lines in this cameo role: We then get treated to a closeup of the library employee, a younger black woman, handling the visitor passes. Marco then poses for a picture for a library visitor pass. Turns out, it’s the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business Library (SBIL) branch! Lobby of the NYPL’s Science, Industry and Business Library

At first, it looks like he has wandered into a science museum, as the lobby is filled with scientific posters and genome models. Getting into the public libraryĪt 1 hour and 20 minutes into the 130-minute film, Marco goes to a public library to investigate the Manchurian Global corporation. But there is one thing the 2004 remake has that the original film does not… a reel librarian! 😉ĭenzel Washington plays the role that Frank Sinatra played in the original, Major Ben Marco, who knows something is rotten in the state of Denmark the United States. Not even great actors like Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Wright, and Meryl Streep can lift this remake into anything more than a competent thriller. The original The Manchurian Candidate film, released in 1962 and starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Angela Lansbury, is a classic.

This week, I’m analyzing the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate, which is available via Amazon Prime’s HBO channel. As many of us are still self-isolating and sheltering in place because of the coronavirus - we’re all still washing our hands and practicing social distancing, yes?! - and most likely still seeking out things to watch via various streaming services, I thought it appropriate to only write about movies that are available via a streaming service (at least at the time of my publishing the post).

The manchurian candidate denzel washington