4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 10, 2019

James Mason gleaned the idea for Bigger Than Life from a contemporary article featured in The New Yorker by a medical writer named Berton Roueché. He detailed the side effects of the drug cortisone featured in real-life horror stories. The title is certainly far from a misnomer and James Mason give   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on October 5, 2018

Despite producing the film himself, top-billed James Mason doesn’t have the best part in Bigger Than Life. Instead, Barbara Rush–as his suffering wife–gets it. Mason’s a man with a life threatening chronic illness who has to take special medication. Slowly–though not too slowly–that medication star   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on April 4, 2016

Bigger Than Life Directed by Nicholas Ray Written by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum from an article by Burton Roueche 1956/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental #323 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Nicholas Ray makes this more than an expose on the dan   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on March 23, 2015

Mar 23 Posted by aaronwest Nicholas Ray had an uncanny ability at capturing the social isolation and detachment of certain groups during the 1950s, that contrasted with the pristine, manufactured image of the obedient nuclear family as seen on TV. He played around in a variety of genres, such as...   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on March 23, 2015

Mar 23 Posted by aaronwest Nicholas Ray had an uncanny ability at capturing the social isolation and detachment of certain groups during the 1950s, that contrasted with the pristine, manufactured image of the obedient nuclear family as seen on TV. He played around in a variety of genres, such as...   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on March 23, 2015

Mar 23 Posted by aaronwest Nicholas Ray had an uncanny ability at capturing the social isolation and detachment of certain groups during the 1950s, that contrasted with the pristine, manufactured image of the obedient nuclear family as seen on TV. He played around in a variety of genres, such as...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on March 14, 2013

Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray, 1956) When someone as important and influential to Cinema as Jean-Luc Godard states that Nicholas Ray’s Bigger Than Life is one of the ten most important American sound film. No matter if it wasn’t well received at its initial release one must watch it. I   read more