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Re: "The McKenzie Break"

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I was surprised by the brutality of the German escape. Quite unusual, I felt, for a film of it's day. Also, there was no over acting here...very understated, and serving the story line, only.

Johnson's use of the half dissolve effect to compress time and events, was quite novel. I don't remember seeing it used this way in film, before. No doubt, Johnson's acting and Tv directing experience, served him well as a motion picture director.

If I recall correctly, he loved the theater, more than motion pictures, so all we really have of him, is a good body of Tv work. And that's so indespensible a medium, the magic of those Tv directors is made totally unknown to us.



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