UID:
almahu_9949251765802882
Format:
1 online resource (118 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:
9781800852396 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Constellations
Content:
'Seconds' (1966) is John Frankenheimer's criminally overlooked monolith of paranoia, part science fiction, part body horror, part noir thriller cum black comedy, a film found at the intersection of the post-McCarthy mindset, European art cinema, the suburban identity nightmares of The Twilight Zone and the mid-life crises of masculinity aroused by 1960s counterculture. Arguably the bleakest mainstream Hollywood film ever made, it was famously booed at its Cannes unveiling and was a box office failure upon release. This book sets out to shed light on the film's many attributes, from its stylistic significance to its political commentary, countering the critical dismissal of a film suffering from 'personality disorder' to suggest that, instead, 'Seconds' turned its inner identity crisis from a vice into a virtue.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9781800859289
Language:
English
URL:
Liverpool scholarship online
