Thank you, anyway, for posting this film, and I watch it a lot because it fascinates me, lots of unanswered questions and also brings to mind "money can buy anything".
@TonyLyndellWilliams The big train station where Arthur boards the rail home is Grand Central Terminal, Harlem Division. I have ridden that same train many times - it runs along the east Bronx, and goes into the Eastern side of Westchester County.. I know those houses - near or on Fenimore Road not far from the Hartsdale Station. Not far from Bronxville. Lovely area. Arthur was the quintessential "WASP" - accepted, money, Ivy League School, etc. It was handed to him on a silver platter.
@TonyLyndellWilliams I must read that book. That's for confirming what I thought. Listen to how the Texan says "Where's the fire?". Arthur's "death". To my knowledge, and I have been to that train station, it was either Scarsdale or Hartsdale but I know that street & it's located near the Hartsdale Train Station. The California area I have no idea, just a thousand other questions. Who wrote the book? Thanks for helping out!!
@GarageRockChannel David Ely wrote the novel, "Seconds". It was published in 1963.
I live in a suburb of Dallas, TX, and we have no commuter trains like that so it was interesting to see. One TV version I saw long ago is edited so you do not see his wife picking him up at the train station.
Frances Reid is quite a lovely woman. One of the mysteries to me is why Hamilton could not be happy. In the end, I think Wilson is more unhappy than Hamilton.
From what I have read, Frankenheimer might have anticipated the negative reaction to the film and skipped Cannes where the film debuted.
Hudson was left there alone to answer questions from critics about a film he did not direct. He was disappointed in "Seconds" failure at the box office.
As one of the trailers for the film stated, it was an "astonishing change of pace" for the star at that point in his career.
@GarageRockChannel If you get the right DVD, Frankenheimer's commentary is quite interesting.
I liked that colonial-style house too. I wondered if it was actually in Scarsdale. I would say more, but I will ruin the movie for someone who hasn't yet seen it.
One last comment on the man at the airport. He asked Tony Wilson "Where's the fire" and that is how Arthur Hamilton allegedly met his end. I believe that Texan was from the "company". One thing puzzles me - they knew Tony was fragile when giving the cocktail party - so why spill the booze all over and bring up past history like where they went to school. It was really opening up a can of worms. I wonder at what point they decided he was good for "CPS".
@GarageRockChannel That's a good point about the fire. I had never thought of that.
In the novel, it is clear that the man at the airport is from the Company. In fact, Wilson is told by Charley later and admits that the Company made a mistake spooking Wilson like that.
In the film, you are left to wonder about the mystery man at the airport which probably was a good decision by the screenwriter and Frankenheimer.
@21:14. i cant help but apply the "Manchurian Candidate" effect to this sequence...where the killing is almost as if he is a spectator in the whole thing....add the revelations of MK-Ultra and the Frank Olson death...and its as if Frankenheimer applied this admission of what was really going on...were there killers out there? body doubles...2nd Oswald's? Fascinating premise by a visionary director....
@invincibleironman3 The first man to interview Hamiton at the Company was named ... Ruby. I don't think it was coincidental especially just three years after the JFK assassination.
In the novel which was written before JFK died, his name is not Ruby.
Thank you so much for making this classic available to all of us ! I had never heard of it until seconds ago when I read that this movie is on Edgar Wright's list of horror movies to be watched . Thanks again , I loved it !
Plastic surgery was never meant to go this far - not even for the Witness Protection Program. The bottom line is The Company kills people to procure corpses and the "meat factory" has something to do with it. What you see is what you get. All this analysis doesn't explain the workings. "Airport Texan" knew the real Tony Wilson who apparently was knocked off for obvious reasons.
The man who thinks he recognizes Wilson as another man represents the idea that plastic surgery is somewhat ironic, because you are seeking to be a new individual, although what you're asking for is to look "attractive" like the image we are socially constructed to see as so. A beautiful scene, if you ask me. But this is just my POV.
the reason people get plastic surgery is to look more "attractive." the figure we view as an "attractive" male is a socially constructed image that people see as desirable (even though beauty is not universal in reality). I think Wilson's image was designed to be the "Norm" as some call it - the "normal" male figure. The scene at the airport plays on the idea that plastic surgery makes people look "average" or very similar to the desirable "Norm."
yo the guy at the airport was totally someone who used to know the man who Wilson's image was taken from. it was supposed to be a wake up call that people still live on through other people after death or something like that. probably a statement of some sort in the aspect of the universal image of 'man' or some shit like that idk
Thank you for commenting....I would be interested in hearing your take on who that man was at the airport. Also, if you recall the beginning of the film, the meat factory, some of the "wrapped" on the rack may have actually been their "CPS".
@GarageRockChannel The novel makes clear that the obnoxious guy at the airport was simply someone from the Company with the idea that a stranger greeting Wilson would help him get used to his new identity and being recognized by others.
In the film, you are left wondering who the heck was that guy. But no other explanation other than he was a Company man fits because no one else had seen Wilson's new face before.
You can't get enough of it. Two mysteries: Who was that man at the airport in California? Also, "Charlie" sponsored Hamilton. But why did he have to wait so long - and when the ending was near, that was when "Charlie" was called for his change. Arthur didn't recognize Charlie but yet, Charlie had never had his change. He had to wait for it a long time.
The cosmetic surgeon who operates on Arthur Hamilton is played by Richard Anderson who is best known for his role as Oscar Goldman in the 1970's TV series, "The Six Million Dollar Man" starring Lee Majors.
Anderson also played a police detective in latter episodes of "Perry Mason". And in the famous last two episodes of "The Fugitive" in 1967, he played Dr. Richard Kimble's brother-in-law. Anderson was rapidly losing his hair, and within a few years, he began wearing a hairpiece.
@TonyLyndellWilliams I think Francis Reid was in an episode of "Criminal Minds" playing a child kidnapper, molester & killer. Even the hairstyle is the same. Not sure when those episodes were made.
@GarageRockChannel She had the same hairstyle on "Days of Our Lives" which my wife made me watch with her back in the 1970s.
Reid was quite good as Hamilton's neglected wife in "Seconds". The scenes in which Wilson visits his former wife are quite effective. Reid mostly appeared in TV series and another soap, "The Edge of Night" in 1964. Her career began in 1937.
Most of the prints I have seen of the film, as well as this one, are quite good until Wilson visits the home he lived in as Arthur Hamilton.
The slightly out-of-focus look seems intentional by Howe and Frankenheimer to give it a rather other worldly or dreamy look. But the film also seems to have deteriorated with some scratches and other defects.
The scene that was cut with Leonard Nimoy and Frankenheimer's daughter probably was cut simply because of time.
In his director's commentary, Frankenheimer mentions a scene which was cut from the film.
In the scene, Wilson visits his daughter, who was played by Frankenheimer's daughter, and his son-in-law, a doctor, played by Leonard Nimoy.
Frankenheimer said he searched for the footage to include in a director's cut of the film but could never find it. He said he thought the scene would have given the audience more insight into Wilson's state of mind. Apparently the scene is lost forever.
For years, some efforts were begun to remake "Seconds".
Seemingly none have gotten past the partial script stage. Several years ago, it was reported that Ben Affleck was involved in one of those efforts.
Some critics speculate that the film might have been better if a relatively unknown actor had played the part of Tony Wilson. But I think "Seconds" is perhaps Hudson's best work.
Some have compared "Seconds" to a feature length episode of "The Twilight Zone".
"Seconds" certainly has all the elements that made "The Twilight Zone" a classic plus amazing cinematography by the legendary James Wong Howe whose career started in silent films.
From what I have read, Frankenheimer might have anticipated the negative reaction to the film and skipped Cannes.
Hudson was left there alone to answer questions from critics about a film he did not direct. He was disappointed to "Seconds" failure at the box office. As one of the trailers for the film said, it was an "astonishing change of pace" for the star at that point in his career.
Some who have viewed "Seconds" are spooked that Jeff Corey's character, who introduces Hamilton to the reborn procedure, is named Ruby as in ... well, you know ... Jack Ruby.
Was it intentional on Frankenheimer's part? I don't know. He never mentions it in the director's commentary on the DVD.
Audience booed at the Cannes film festival where "Seconds" premiered.
Some speculate the movie-going public of the 1960's did not want to see Rock Hudson in a film so different from the ones with Doris Day.
Opinion: I think "Seconds" was simply a film ahead of its time. If it had been released in the mid 1970's, the response may have been quite different. It was a box-office flop in 1966. Today, it is a cult classic, and the DVD fetches a premium price on Amazon.
Directors comment:"One of the reasons it means so much to me is that this movie says something that I firmly believe in.That,in life,you are the result of your experiences..Your past makes you what you are today.If you take away your past,you don´t exist as a person.And that´s what he tried to do and that´s why it doesn´t work.And by your past I mean your mistakes as well as your triumphs,whatever they are.It all counts towards making you whatever you are at the moment you sit down to watch this
If you have access to the full director´s comment than there is one question for you: "Seconds" seems to refer both to the second life and the films last seconds. A vision of his past, a happy life he never had ,a gentle dream or just left open for various interpretations? Oh, and maybe add a spoiler warning,thanks.
Regarding Frankenheimer's commentary, it has been several years since I listened to it. I will listen again in the next few days and attempt to answer your questions if possible.
However, it is my recollection that Frankenheimer left some questions completely unanswered ... to be answered by the audience.
I am still puzzled about the man who recognizes Wilson at the airport. I have some ideas but ...
@TonyLyndellWilliams Talking about "CPS" - I must read the book. As Arthur is taken to the truck for the ride they walk through a room and I'm telling you, if you look closely enough, they are wrapped, of course, but some resemble human remains. Mrs. Hamilton looked beautiful when Tony visited. He didn't realize how dangerous the company was. Charlie tried to warn him. Should have confessed to wife & hid in the house.
@GarageRockChannel You may be right about the "meat". I have never looked closely, so it is another thing to check. Obviously the cadavers would have to be in cold storage ... so ...
Yes, I thought Frances Reid was quite lovely especially as I get older. Now, if Wilson had told her the tale, she would have called the cops, and Wilson would have been put in a padded cell that locks from the outside.
But at least he would ... oh, no ... cannot ... spoiler.
She had been in films and TV, radio for 30 years when "Seconds" was made.
But John Randolph, who plays Arthur Hamilton, had not worked for years. Randolph was blacklisted during the McCarthy era as were Jeff Corey who plays Ruby and Will Geer, the old man who started the Company.
Thank you for providing this movie. I saw bits and pieces of this, I guess near the ending, probably on one of the movie classics channels. I have wanted to see this film in it's entirety for a long time. Brilliant, a top of the shelf 60's classic that will get more popular as time goes on because the film was, after all, ahead of it's time.
I have watched this film some time ago for the first time - it is amazing, breath-taking thriller - and I was astonished that I had never seen or heard of it before.
Thank you, anyway, for posting this film, and I watch it a lot because it fascinates me, lots of unanswered questions and also brings to mind "money can buy anything".
GarageRockChannel 3 days ago
@TonyLyndellWilliams The big train station where Arthur boards the rail home is Grand Central Terminal, Harlem Division. I have ridden that same train many times - it runs along the east Bronx, and goes into the Eastern side of Westchester County.. I know those houses - near or on Fenimore Road not far from the Hartsdale Station. Not far from Bronxville. Lovely area. Arthur was the quintessential "WASP" - accepted, money, Ivy League School, etc. It was handed to him on a silver platter.
GarageRockChannel 3 days ago
At 44:56 into the film, watch the pillow appear, disappear and appear again.
Watch closely.
Tony
TonyLyndellWilliams 3 days ago
@TonyLyndellWilliams I must read that book. That's for confirming what I thought. Listen to how the Texan says "Where's the fire?". Arthur's "death". To my knowledge, and I have been to that train station, it was either Scarsdale or Hartsdale but I know that street & it's located near the Hartsdale Train Station. The California area I have no idea, just a thousand other questions. Who wrote the book? Thanks for helping out!!
GarageRockChannel 3 days ago
@GarageRockChannel David Ely wrote the novel, "Seconds". It was published in 1963.
I live in a suburb of Dallas, TX, and we have no commuter trains like that so it was interesting to see. One TV version I saw long ago is edited so you do not see his wife picking him up at the train station.
Frances Reid is quite a lovely woman. One of the mysteries to me is why Hamilton could not be happy. In the end, I think Wilson is more unhappy than Hamilton.
TonyLyndellWilliams 3 days ago
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From what I have read, Frankenheimer might have anticipated the negative reaction to the film and skipped Cannes where the film debuted.
Hudson was left there alone to answer questions from critics about a film he did not direct. He was disappointed in "Seconds" failure at the box office.
As one of the trailers for the film stated, it was an "astonishing change of pace" for the star at that point in his career.
TonyLyndellWilliams 6 days ago
I would love to see John Frankenheimer's interview. And I've seen that house driving by in Scarsdale, I think it was Fenimore Road.
GarageRockChannel 6 days ago
@GarageRockChannel If you get the right DVD, Frankenheimer's commentary is quite interesting.
I liked that colonial-style house too. I wondered if it was actually in Scarsdale. I would say more, but I will ruin the movie for someone who hasn't yet seen it.
TonyLyndellWilliams 6 days ago
One last comment on the man at the airport. He asked Tony Wilson "Where's the fire" and that is how Arthur Hamilton allegedly met his end. I believe that Texan was from the "company". One thing puzzles me - they knew Tony was fragile when giving the cocktail party - so why spill the booze all over and bring up past history like where they went to school. It was really opening up a can of worms. I wonder at what point they decided he was good for "CPS".
GarageRockChannel 6 days ago
@GarageRockChannel That's a good point about the fire. I had never thought of that.
In the novel, it is clear that the man at the airport is from the Company. In fact, Wilson is told by Charley later and admits that the Company made a mistake spooking Wilson like that.
In the film, you are left to wonder about the mystery man at the airport which probably was a good decision by the screenwriter and Frankenheimer.
TonyLyndellWilliams 6 days ago
@21:14. i cant help but apply the "Manchurian Candidate" effect to this sequence...where the killing is almost as if he is a spectator in the whole thing....add the revelations of MK-Ultra and the Frank Olson death...and its as if Frankenheimer applied this admission of what was really going on...were there killers out there? body doubles...2nd Oswald's? Fascinating premise by a visionary director....
invincibleironman3 1 week ago
@invincibleironman3 The first man to interview Hamiton at the Company was named ... Ruby. I don't think it was coincidental especially just three years after the JFK assassination.
In the novel which was written before JFK died, his name is not Ruby.
TonyLyndellWilliams 6 days ago
Thank you so much for making this classic available to all of us ! I had never heard of it until seconds ago when I read that this movie is on Edgar Wright's list of horror movies to be watched . Thanks again , I loved it !
misswillingtolearn 1 week ago
Hadn't seen this for years ~ what a great movie! Thanks for uploading.
Bobbileat 1 week ago
Thanks, read the novel years ago but never seen the movie till today - loved it!
CommanderFey 2 weeks ago
Plastic surgery was never meant to go this far - not even for the Witness Protection Program. The bottom line is The Company kills people to procure corpses and the "meat factory" has something to do with it. What you see is what you get. All this analysis doesn't explain the workings. "Airport Texan" knew the real Tony Wilson who apparently was knocked off for obvious reasons.
GarageRockChannel 1 month ago
The man who thinks he recognizes Wilson as another man represents the idea that plastic surgery is somewhat ironic, because you are seeking to be a new individual, although what you're asking for is to look "attractive" like the image we are socially constructed to see as so. A beautiful scene, if you ask me. But this is just my POV.
weezlelou 1 month ago
the reason people get plastic surgery is to look more "attractive." the figure we view as an "attractive" male is a socially constructed image that people see as desirable (even though beauty is not universal in reality). I think Wilson's image was designed to be the "Norm" as some call it - the "normal" male figure. The scene at the airport plays on the idea that plastic surgery makes people look "average" or very similar to the desirable "Norm."
weezlelou 1 month ago
yo the guy at the airport was totally someone who used to know the man who Wilson's image was taken from. it was supposed to be a wake up call that people still live on through other people after death or something like that. probably a statement of some sort in the aspect of the universal image of 'man' or some shit like that idk
weezlelou 1 month ago
Thank you for commenting....I would be interested in hearing your take on who that man was at the airport. Also, if you recall the beginning of the film, the meat factory, some of the "wrapped" on the rack may have actually been their "CPS".
GarageRockChannel 1 month ago
@GarageRockChannel The novel makes clear that the obnoxious guy at the airport was simply someone from the Company with the idea that a stranger greeting Wilson would help him get used to his new identity and being recognized by others.
In the film, you are left wondering who the heck was that guy. But no other explanation other than he was a Company man fits because no one else had seen Wilson's new face before.
TonyLyndellWilliams 6 days ago
You can't get enough of it. Two mysteries: Who was that man at the airport in California? Also, "Charlie" sponsored Hamilton. But why did he have to wait so long - and when the ending was near, that was when "Charlie" was called for his change. Arthur didn't recognize Charlie but yet, Charlie had never had his change. He had to wait for it a long time.
GarageRockChannel 1 month ago
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TonyLyndellWilliams 6 days ago
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@GarageRockChannel The man at the airport was from the Company in order to get Wilson used to his new identity.
But as Charley admits to Wilson later, it was a mistake by the Company which later realized that Wilson was too sensitive for that kind of treatment.
Charley was not going to get another chance. The film is called "Seconds" for a reason. You don't get thirds.
Charley was kept around to help Wilson, and he thought he was going to get another chance. He was dead wrong.
TonyLyndellWilliams 6 days ago
The cosmetic surgeon who operates on Arthur Hamilton is played by Richard Anderson who is best known for his role as Oscar Goldman in the 1970's TV series, "The Six Million Dollar Man" starring Lee Majors.
Anderson also played a police detective in latter episodes of "Perry Mason". And in the famous last two episodes of "The Fugitive" in 1967, he played Dr. Richard Kimble's brother-in-law. Anderson was rapidly losing his hair, and within a few years, he began wearing a hairpiece.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
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TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
The last 30 minutes of "Seconds" do look much like how an episode of "The Twilight Zone" would have been directed and filmed.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
Francis Reid, who plays Arthur Hamilton's wife, was best known for her long years on the daytime soap opera, "Days of Our Lives" on NBC.
She died in 2010 at the age of 95.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
@TonyLyndellWilliams I think Francis Reid was in an episode of "Criminal Minds" playing a child kidnapper, molester & killer. Even the hairstyle is the same. Not sure when those episodes were made.
GarageRockChannel 6 days ago
@GarageRockChannel She had the same hairstyle on "Days of Our Lives" which my wife made me watch with her back in the 1970s.
Reid was quite good as Hamilton's neglected wife in "Seconds". The scenes in which Wilson visits his former wife are quite effective. Reid mostly appeared in TV series and another soap, "The Edge of Night" in 1964. Her career began in 1937.
TonyLyndellWilliams 6 days ago
Most of the prints I have seen of the film, as well as this one, are quite good until Wilson visits the home he lived in as Arthur Hamilton.
The slightly out-of-focus look seems intentional by Howe and Frankenheimer to give it a rather other worldly or dreamy look. But the film also seems to have deteriorated with some scratches and other defects.
The scene that was cut with Leonard Nimoy and Frankenheimer's daughter probably was cut simply because of time.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
In his director's commentary, Frankenheimer mentions a scene which was cut from the film.
In the scene, Wilson visits his daughter, who was played by Frankenheimer's daughter, and his son-in-law, a doctor, played by Leonard Nimoy.
Frankenheimer said he searched for the footage to include in a director's cut of the film but could never find it. He said he thought the scene would have given the audience more insight into Wilson's state of mind. Apparently the scene is lost forever.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
For years, some efforts were begun to remake "Seconds".
Seemingly none have gotten past the partial script stage. Several years ago, it was reported that Ben Affleck was involved in one of those efforts.
Some critics speculate that the film might have been better if a relatively unknown actor had played the part of Tony Wilson. But I think "Seconds" is perhaps Hudson's best work.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
Some have compared "Seconds" to a feature length episode of "The Twilight Zone".
"Seconds" certainly has all the elements that made "The Twilight Zone" a classic plus amazing cinematography by the legendary James Wong Howe whose career started in silent films.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
From what I have read, Frankenheimer might have anticipated the negative reaction to the film and skipped Cannes.
Hudson was left there alone to answer questions from critics about a film he did not direct. He was disappointed to "Seconds" failure at the box office. As one of the trailers for the film said, it was an "astonishing change of pace" for the star at that point in his career.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
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The beach house where Wilson lives was owned by Frankenheimer at the time and is located in Malibu, CA.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
"Seconds" is based on a novel by the same name written by David Ely.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
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TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
Some who have viewed "Seconds" are spooked that Jeff Corey's character, who introduces Hamilton to the reborn procedure, is named Ruby as in ... well, you know ... Jack Ruby.
Was it intentional on Frankenheimer's part? I don't know. He never mentions it in the director's commentary on the DVD.
It does add to the conspiracy tone of the film.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
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John Frankenheimer, the director, originally planned to have Hudson play Arthur Hamilton, the banker, and Tony Wilson.
Hudson did not feel he could do justice to the Hamilton role even with extensive makeup and declined.
Even after the reborn experience, note how Wilson retains Hamilton's hand gestures when he visits his former wife.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
Audience booed at the Cannes film festival where "Seconds" premiered.
Some speculate the movie-going public of the 1960's did not want to see Rock Hudson in a film so different from the ones with Doris Day.
Opinion: I think "Seconds" was simply a film ahead of its time. If it had been released in the mid 1970's, the response may have been quite different. It was a box-office flop in 1966. Today, it is a cult classic, and the DVD fetches a premium price on Amazon.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
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TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
Three of the actors in "Seconds" had been blacklisted during the McCarthy era: Will Geer, Jeff Corey and John Randolph.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
Directors comment:"One of the reasons it means so much to me is that this movie says something that I firmly believe in.That,in life,you are the result of your experiences..Your past makes you what you are today.If you take away your past,you don´t exist as a person.And that´s what he tried to do and that´s why it doesn´t work.And by your past I mean your mistakes as well as your triumphs,whatever they are.It all counts towards making you whatever you are at the moment you sit down to watch this
silenceseaandsky 1 month ago
@silenceseaandsky Well said.
Hamilton could have easily "had it all" but didn't know how.
If a guy ever wants me to ride in the back of a meat truck, I will politely decline.
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silenceseaandsky 1 month ago
Really a nearly forgotten and completely underestimated masterpiece.
TheNada73 1 month ago
@TheNada73
For years, "Seconds" was difficult to find only through bootleggers, and as you stated, it is a nearly forgotten treasure of film history.
Fortunately, the film was released on VHS and later DVD with a commentary by director John Frankenheimer.
Anyone who sees "Seconds" will never forget it.
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
@TonyLyndellWilliams One could get the impression you like the movie.....
If you have access to the full director´s comment than there is one question for you: "Seconds" seems to refer both to the second life and the films last seconds. A vision of his past, a happy life he never had ,a gentle dream or just left open for various interpretations? Oh, and maybe add a spoiler warning,thanks.
silenceseaandsky 1 month ago
@silenceseaandsky
You are quite perceptive. I like "Seconds". :)
Regarding Frankenheimer's commentary, it has been several years since I listened to it. I will listen again in the next few days and attempt to answer your questions if possible.
However, it is my recollection that Frankenheimer left some questions completely unanswered ... to be answered by the audience.
I am still puzzled about the man who recognizes Wilson at the airport. I have some ideas but ...
Tony
TonyLyndellWilliams 1 month ago
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"Seconds" is based on a novel by the same name written by David Ely and released in 1963. It was Ely's most popular novel. Ely will be 85 in 2012.
TonyLyndellWilliams 6 days ago
@TonyLyndellWilliams Talking about "CPS" - I must read the book. As Arthur is taken to the truck for the ride they walk through a room and I'm telling you, if you look closely enough, they are wrapped, of course, but some resemble human remains. Mrs. Hamilton looked beautiful when Tony visited. He didn't realize how dangerous the company was. Charlie tried to warn him. Should have confessed to wife & hid in the house.
GarageRockChannel 3 days ago
@GarageRockChannel You may be right about the "meat". I have never looked closely, so it is another thing to check. Obviously the cadavers would have to be in cold storage ... so ...
Yes, I thought Frances Reid was quite lovely especially as I get older. Now, if Wilson had told her the tale, she would have called the cops, and Wilson would have been put in a padded cell that locks from the outside.
But at least he would ... oh, no ... cannot ... spoiler.
TonyLyndellWilliams 3 days ago
@GarageRockChannel Oh, one more thing about Frances Reid.
She had been in films and TV, radio for 30 years when "Seconds" was made.
But John Randolph, who plays Arthur Hamilton, had not worked for years. Randolph was blacklisted during the McCarthy era as were Jeff Corey who plays Ruby and Will Geer, the old man who started the Company.
TonyLyndellWilliams 3 days ago
@silenceseaandsky Still have not listened to the commentary, but it is on my to-do list.
I did read the novel which I have had for years but apparently never read, and it filled in some blanks.
TonyLyndellWilliams 6 days ago
Thank you for providing this movie. I saw bits and pieces of this, I guess near the ending, probably on one of the movie classics channels. I have wanted to see this film in it's entirety for a long time. Brilliant, a top of the shelf 60's classic that will get more popular as time goes on because the film was, after all, ahead of it's time.
GarageRockChannel 1 month ago
Brilliant and terrifying. Weird distorted Frankenheimer closeups.
Onlymusical 1 month ago
So glad this is here - stunning cinematography - absolute cult classic
LiteracyLabyrinth2 2 months ago
michael jackson anyone???
leosunbright 1 month ago
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huskyjerk 2 months ago
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Wow! Thanks for this!
TimeAndTheImage 3 months ago
great movie.
thanks.
cinema901 3 months ago
I have watched this film some time ago for the first time - it is amazing, breath-taking thriller - and I was astonished that I had never seen or heard of it before.
ChangeAba 3 months ago
Wow! very good movie, thanks.
moormagic1 3 months ago
great film . Thanx for giving it to us !
miltsar 3 months ago
Thank you for uploading this film!
ajbx10 3 months ago