7/12/07

Film: Seconds - 1966 - Frankenheimer


The similarities with the film below are striking. Both deal with escaping the routine "cloud" of everyday life, as Edmond put it, but by different means. Instead of lashing out against the superego, here we have a sci-fi scenario of faking death and assuming a new physical appearance. An entirely fresh start as an escape from a meaningless, stale existence. Hemingway once said something along the lines of.. no matter where you are, you can never escape yourself... this film got the point.

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