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Subject: Re: Rock Hudson
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Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 12:39:00 EDT
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     My personal favorite Rock Hudson film was John Frankenheimer's
_Seconds_, made in the 60's when Frankenheimer, who had earlier been
a television director, did his best work (_Seven Days in May_, _Manchurian
Candidate_).  These films, incidentally - like his TV work - were all
in black and white.
     _Seconds_ is a Faustian shocker in which a middle aged banker
pays a sum of money to "the Company" to have plastic surgery (they
also stage his "death") and emerge for a second chance in life looking
like Rock Hudson.
     The film is notable for its surreal atmosphere, achieved in part
by camera work that produces a dreamlike atmosphere with long dolly shots,
extreme wide angle lenses, and extreme closeups.
     I wish it were available for home video, but it is shown on tele-
vision occasionally.