tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post2862090052798685209..comments2024-03-17T07:25:56.478-04:00Comments on Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: The Camp and Cult Blogathon: Seconds (1966)Ivan G Shreve Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-64789879585835792502012-10-05T19:00:40.205-04:002012-10-05T19:00:40.205-04:00One of your very best reviews, Ivan, of a movie I ...One of your very best reviews, Ivan, of a movie I have always thought was just fantastic. I must have first seen it when it was on AMC (when AMC was still a decent station), and I fell in love with it. Chilling, dark, lots of pathos, paranoia -- right up my alley. Your analysis of the title is really an excellent piece of writing: "The title is also susceptible to multiple interpretations...it could also symbolize how precious the moments of all our lives really are, and how they ebb away with the simple ticking of a clock." Good stuff!<br /><br />I must really like Carlino's work because both Resurrection and The Great Santini are at the top of my great movie list. And as for the music, well, when I first saw Anthony Hopkins' "Magic" and was hypnotized by that music, I thought this guy is really special at putting music to eerie, disturbing stories.<br /><br />Really one of the best reviews I've read, Ivan ... as Lily Tomlin used to say "and that's the truth ... pthhh."ClassicBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591715859057540467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-35433009996390082932012-09-20T11:48:20.534-04:002012-09-20T11:48:20.534-04:00I know I've mentioned this on some other blogs...I know I've mentioned this on some other blogs I visit, but I can't recall if I've said it here:<br /><br />Fun Fact about Khigh Dhiegh -<br /> - although he spent his whole career playing Asian characters, he was actually Kenneth Dickerson, born in New Jersey of Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese parentage.<br /><br />My earliest memories of Khigh Dhiegh are in TV commercials for a now-defunct brand of sour-fruit-flavored candy; he was playing a Dr.No-type opposite a spiffy British spy (played by - if memory serves - King Donovan).<br />I was also able to see <i>Manchurian Candidate</i> in an early CBS-network showing circa 1965 (I'm certain of the date because I was in high school at the time; how this lines up with the Sinatra embargo is something I'm still trying to figure out.).<br />I also saw <i>Seconds</i> first on TV; the waxed mustache made Dhiegh look even weirder than usual.<br />And all this was before <i>Hawaii Five-O</i>.<br />And all of that was before I found out about Kenneth Dickerson.<br /><br />But in the wise words of Dr. Yen Lo:<br />"A good laugh helps to lighten the boidens of the day."<br />Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-45435681709392437162012-09-19T22:52:22.067-04:002012-09-19T22:52:22.067-04:00This is one of my favorite films, and such a terri...This is one of my favorite films, and such a terrific post on it, too, Ivan. Seriously, this is fantastic.<br /><br />The commenter above is right, Seconds was long known by pop music fans as the movie that threw Brian Wilson into quite an attack of paranoia. In retrospect, his thoughts on Phil Spector may not have been as far off as people thought a few decades ago.<br /><br />This movie really is character actor heaven. It's always surprised me how cruel the critics were to it, though like I always say, critics (of which I consider myself one) are jerks and often seek to destroy that which they do not understand.<br /><br />Maybe I am the person you were talking to about the DVD, because I was in a panic a couple years ago, finally finding it on a website just as they sold out, paying $29.99 but knowing it would cost more soon. And it does. Yeesh.<br /><br />I have got to work the Applied Theory of Toupees into my posts more often. Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250238254417726987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-40708058620442506522012-09-19T04:41:13.479-04:002012-09-19T04:41:13.479-04:00Ivan, this is one of the few films that has achiev...Ivan, this is one of the few films that has achieved cult status that I like. It is an interesting story, and contrary to what I think you said about the 60s being vibrant filmmaking period, it fits into the pessimism that was creeping into Hollywood in the mid to late 1960s. This is by far Hudson's best dramatic role.Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-3424519711215583802012-09-19T02:51:54.863-04:002012-09-19T02:51:54.863-04:00Only tonite this found itself in my inbox as we gr...Only tonite this found itself in my inbox as we grabbed Seconds with both hands:<br />"I remember reading Brian Wilson's autobiography some years back....he went to see Seconds...it was when he was paranoid and freaking out, thought Phil Spector was trying to kill him (who knows? maybe he was!!), so he entered the theatre and the movie had already started and the first thing he heard on screen was "Good evening, Mr Wilson" upon which he totally freaked and ran out of the cinema!"<br />◻https://www.blogger.com/profile/13115587917882982897noreply@blogger.com