Seconds (J. Frankenheimer, 1966) - Making of Documentary

[@richardlee2120]

Maybe my favorite film of my late great uncle James Wong Howe.

[@stephendeluca4479]

He and Conrad Hall are the two best B&W cinematographers in my estimation.

[@JohnMiller-oz7gv]

I love this movie. I heard Mr. Hudson was very proud of it.

[@georgeantonopoulos1597]

I thought it was Hudson’s best work!

[@bryanpalmer9660]

I first saw this movie 40 years ago,it took me by surprise and made a big impression on me as it was a different type of film I saw of Rock Hudson,the tone,plot photography,cast,THE ENDING...an amazing film and one of my favorites (came across of VHS copy years ago,still have it!) Auckland New Zealand 2024

[@bgabe]

He should have at least got an Oscar nomination, if not the Oscar itself for his amazing performance.

[@MaltiPoo23]

This is wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

[@arricammarques1955]

Top B&W Cinematography & Grip work in Seconds.

[@Realdutchstroller46]

Legend! Thanks again mate.

[@bobbyjosson4663]

This is superb. Do you have the Frankenheimer audio commentary?

[@meppeatsch5518]

Beautiful!!!

[@Larkinchance]

If you don't have a story, you don't have a film... This was a great story.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

A classic film, but I don't blame people for hating it due to the operation and the ending.

[@tiffanyshaffer4062]

Such a great film. Unbelievably good.

[@C0NTR4B455]

I always wondered why a certain scene mentioned here was ommited from the final cut. Did J H not have a say in the editing together of this film? Or did he approve that scene being cut? I didn't quite get what the documentary concludes about that. I personally think that the final image makes the point about that longing for a past long gone (with his daughter on the beach) but it could easily be missed...

[@petersolomon5227]

Most everything in “Seconds” not just works but works dazzlingly well. John Frankenheimer created a parable of the Faust myth, coupled with North America’s pronounced fear of aging. James Wong Howe’s glistening camerawork looks at times like a superior “Twilight Zone” episode. And it is refreshing to see Criterion adding back in film grain, after their crisp, digital restoration. Discussions of dystopian story telling aside, today it is impossible not to see the story resonating with Rock Hudson’s Hollywood make over as an heroic, good natured, heterosexual everyman.

[@Larkinchance]

In 1965 California, the youth generation blossomed. It was a nudist bacchanal. Adults from a earlier time, like Rock Hudson in the film, were tense, ill at ease, trying a little too hard to have a good time. Social conventions were being exploded and not everybody was comfortable with that. Then there was the Manson killings and it all suddenly ended.

[@Mark-td5ux]

A superb science fiction film.

[@james-faulkner]

Another one of those computer generated videos from a video farm. My evidence is the narration does not begin until ten seconds and in the middle of a sentence with what can only be described as a child's voice. Just another trick by the manufacturers to make you want to listen.