My vote goes to Antonioni's "The Passenger".
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WarpedRecord — 19 years ago(August 19, 2006 03:13 PM)
Yes, "The Game" is excellent, as is Fincher's "Fight Club," which would be another good companion piece. And three more from the "rubber reality" room: Adrian Lyne's "Jacob's Ladder," David Cronenberg's "eXistenZ" and Brad Anderson's "The Machinist."
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Gordon-M — 19 years ago(September 15, 2006 02:19 PM)
Hiroshi Teshigahara's,
The Face of Another
, also released in 1966 is the perfect companion piece to the film:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0061065
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judantis_vaizdas — 18 years ago(May 07, 2007 05:00 PM)
"Hiroshi Teshigahara's, The Face of Another, also released in 1966 is the perfect companion piece to the film:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0061065 "
I second that. While watching "Seconds", I remembered "Face Of Another" and thought "wow, those two movies are really a pair". The next movie that came to my mind in comparision was Bergman's "Persona", then Godard's "Alphaville". -
jjsmith39 — 19 years ago(February 04, 2007 10:12 AM)
Frankly, I think a good Marx brother movie would be the perfect follow-up to bring the more cynical of us back from the brink of hopeless despair, but if the theme is to top "Seconds" then I would vote for the "Wall."
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CuredMeats — 19 years ago(March 29, 2007 05:27 PM)
There's a 1973 film called "Who?" that might have a vague similarity to Seconds.
Its about an American scientist who gets horribly burned while visiting the Soviet Union and the only way he can live is to wear a mask on his face, along with gloves on his hands which protects his body. Problem is, when he gets back to America nobody is quite sure he is who he claims he to be. Is he a spy pretending to be this scientist? They can't go back to the life he once had and his future is uncertain.
This has to be one of the most forgotten films ever. I watched it once on TV years ago and I remember it being a sad but pretty decent film.
http://www.imdb.com/board/10072405/