I Walk the Line

This is like a Johnny Cash song made film. John Frankenheimer’s I Walk the Line was a sneaky, surprising success from my point of view. The story of a man self-destructing steadily in the face of youth and corruption, the film is Frankenheimer’s best looking film in years, centered around a man who finds himself increasingly corrupted and blinkered at the reality that he’s creating for himself. I’m actually kind of surprised that it’s been completely forgotten and ignored and even dismissed,...