{"id":5421,"date":"2008-04-06T12:03:30","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T19:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5421"},"modified":"2021-01-12T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T22:59:40","slug":"presidents-analyst-the-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5421","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s Analyst, The (1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;If I were an analyst &#8212; which I am &#8212; I would say I was rapidly turning into a paranoid personality &#8212; which I am.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-63042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Poster-177x270.jpg 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA psychoanalyst (James Coburn) hired to work for the president of the United States becomes paranoid that spies are out to get him; soon he finds himself on the lam from multiple agents and hit-men, including Soviet agent Kropotkin (Severn Darden) and &#8220;CEA&#8221; agent Masters (Godfrey Cambridge).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cat-and-Mouse<\/li>\n<li>Cold War<\/li>\n<li>James Coburn Films<\/li>\n<li>Psychotherapy<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIn his review of this &#8220;zany paranoia satire&#8221; (a minor cult favorite), Peary seems half-hearted at best, noting that while &#8220;everything seems to be filmed from the wrong angles, at least the story never gets totally out of hand&#8221; &#8212; but I don&#8217;t think his review does this enjoyable film justice. In addition to Coburn&#8217;s fine performance in the lead role, <em>The President&#8217;s Analyst<\/em> is notable for its prescient, no-holds-barred exploration of secrecy and paranoia at every level of government &#8212; there&#8217;s literally nowhere to hide in this agent-ridden universe, where (as Peary notes) &#8220;no one is to be trusted&#8221;. The outrageous story moves quickly enough to hold our attention throughout; just when Coburn thinks he&#8217;s (momentarily) safe, he finds himself on the run once again, so we never get bored of any particular scenario. The best sequences involve Coburn hiding out at the home of an &#8220;all-American&#8221; family, where the couple&#8217;s young son taps Coburn&#8217;s telephone call using his Junior Spy Kit, and a hilarious scene in which multiple agents kill each other off in an &#8220;idyllic&#8221; meadow while Coburn obliviously canoodles a hippie chick nearby. The supporting performances throughout are commendable, and &#8212; to his credit &#8212; writer\/director Theodore Flicker takes his over-the-top premise to a suitably freaky conclusion. This one&#8217;s definitely worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Coburn as Dr. Schaefer<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Coburn-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Coburn-1-1024x508.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"318\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Coburn-1-1024x508.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Coburn-1-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Coburn-1-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Coburn-1-768x381.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Coburn-1-1536x762.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Coburn-1.png 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Coburn&#8217;s visit to a seemingly &#8220;all-American&#8221; family in New Jersey<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Family.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Family-1024x502.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Family-1024x502.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Family-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Family-128x63.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Family-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Family-1536x753.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Family.png 1749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Countless spies killing each other off in their fruitless attempt to capture Coburn<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Spies.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Spies-1024x498.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Spies-1024x498.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Spies-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Spies-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Spies-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Spies-1536x746.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Presidents-Analyst-Spies.png 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its status as a zany cult favorite. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0062153\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-presidents-analyst-1968\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/87061\/the-presidents-analyst#articles-reviews?articleId=191875\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If I were an analyst &#8212; which I am &#8212; I would say I was rapidly turning into a paranoid personality &#8212; which I am.&#8221; Synopsis: A psychoanalyst (James Coburn) hired to work for the president of the United States becomes paranoid that spies are out to get him; soon he finds himself on the lam from multiple agents and hit-men, including Soviet agent Kropotkin (Severn Darden) and &#8220;CEA&#8221; agent Masters (Godfrey Cambridge). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cat-and-Mouse Cold&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5421\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5421"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63044,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5421\/revisions\/63044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}