Seconds (1966)
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Features
• Black & White
• Closed-captioned
• NTSC
In Theaters : 05 October, 1966
Video Release : 29 May, 2001 |
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Seconds (1966) Customer Reviews
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A completely unique and shattering classic. . .
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SECONDS refers to time, to second chances, to going back for another helping. It the absolute best performance by Rock Hudson, and a must-see for fans of Science Fiction and Horror. Its central idea, that of being able to completely change your life for another, is one that almost every human being seriously considers at least once. Can this be done? It is plastic surgery taken to the extreme, and when you read every day of people as young as ten or eleven having nose jobs, breast augumentation, chin work, liposuction and so on, SECONDS is not farfetched at all. It is too frighteningly real.
John Frankenheimer and the brilliant Cinematographer James Wong Howe composed SECONDS as an extremely unreal reality, using wide-angle lenses and deep focus black and white photography to take us into a world that is inviting and terrifying. Jerry Goldsmith's gothic score adds to the uneasiness, and Lewis John Carlino's screenplay is pitch perfect.
I won't spoil the plot at all, but you MUST see SECONDS from the beginning, and pay close attention to detail. Everything in the film is there for a reason, and it all adds up to a masterpiece. Read some of the other reviews here on Amazon to get a fuller picture.
Frankenheimer made many fine films in his career (and just a few duds), but SECONDS stands head and shoulders above all as the pinnacle of his work. The film was a disaster at the box office when it was initially released in 1966, and as Frankenheimer mentions in his commentary, it was because the Rock Hudson fans didn't "get" him in this kind of film, and the people who would have appreciated SECONDS could not imagine Rock in this role. Darned if you do, darned if you don't. But casting against type is one of the things that makes SECONDS work so well. And, again, it is the finest performance Hudson ever gave, worthy of an Academy Award.
See SECONDS. It will surprise, shock and stun you. It will leave you with enough food for years of thought. See it with friends and discuss it forever afterward. And take a moment to thank God that you are who you are, with all your faults and brilliances. You are unique, the sum of your life experiences, your family, your friends. Don't throw it all away for SECONDS. |
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