Directed by John Frankenheimer • 1966 • United States
Starring Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph
Rock Hudson is a revelation in this sinister, science-fiction-inflected dispatch from the fractured 1960s. SECONDS, directed by John Frankenheimer, concerns a middle-aged banker who, dissatisfied with his suburban existence, elects to undergo a strange and elaborate procedure that will grant him a new life. Starting over in America, however, is not as easy as it sounds. This paranoiac symphony of canted camera angles (courtesy of famed cinematographer James Wong Howe), fragmented editing, and layered sound design is a remarkably risk-taking Hollywood film that ranks high on the list of its legendary director’s achievements.
Directed by John Frankenheimer • 1966 • United States
Starring Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph
Rock Hudson is a revelation in this sinister, science-fiction-inflected dispatch from the fractured 1960s. SECONDS, directed by John Frankenheimer, concerns a middle-aged banker who, dissatisfi...
This audio commentary, recorded in 1997, features director John Frankenheimer.
This piece about the making of SECONDS, produced in 2013, features interviews with director John Frankenheimer's widow, Evans Frankenheimer, and actor Salome Jens.
This visual essay by film scholars R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance was produced in 2013.
This interview with SECONDS director John Frankenheimer was originally broadcast in 1971 and was produced by filmmaker Bruce Pittman.
