Seconds (1966)

Let's get this out there first: 1. the goddamn opening credits 2. the goddamn editing 3. the knowledge of Rock Hudson's own personal life takes his performance to Morrissey-levels of melancholy 4. this should be required viewing for any filmmaker wanting to experiment…

sydney

"The years I've spent trying to get all the things I was told were important - that I was supposed to want! Things! Not people... or meaning. Just things. And California was the same. They made the decisions for me all over again and they were the same things, really. It's…

demi adejuyigbe

not really happy with how this turned out, but too tired to nudge it in the right direction... also, you should probably watch the movie before reading this. not like *immediately* before, but maybe at some point in your life. It’s appropriate, and perhaps nearly…

davidehrlich

Cool tidbit from the commentary. They couldn’t close Grand Central while filming there, and were having issues with people gathering and looking into the camera. So director John Frankenheimer set up a false camera on the other side of the station, gave the film’s writer a…

Mike Ginn

One of the coolest and scariest opening credit sequences of all time. Plus there's an extended nude grape stomping wine orgy scene.

Will Menaker

What a chilling and heartbreaking film. The search for identity and belonging without having any actual dreams of his own to strive for. Rock Hudson brought it. But what made this film for me was James Wong Howe’s astounding, textured, and even a touch surreal…

Angelica Jade Bastién🪼🌷

I think we underrate John Frankenheimer

Patrick Willems

this either gets a lot funnier or a lot scarier when you realize it's basically just a pyramid scheme.

Ethan ☀️

One of the most underrated films of its time. John Frankenheimer crafted here, a psychological labyrinth, where the quest for self-reinvention proves to be a deadly trap. Everything is filled with a dark and suffocating atmosphere, like an existential allegory rising…

noen