Today is Friday, you know what that means? It’s MOVIE RECOMMENDATION day!

At my advanced age, I have little use for new stuff. Apparently this is shared by movie rating entities like the one that just demoted Citizen Kane in favor of …
Vertigo! Nah…I’m not that big a fan of Citizen Kane, other than its novel camera angles. According to the movie about making the movie of CK, Welles cut a hole in the floor for the cameraman to film the shot from the feet’s-eye-view – unheard of in its day. Well, enuf of that..

What is the recommendation for today’s movie? A little thing from 1966 called “Seconds”. For its time, this John Frankenheimer production was terrifying. I don’t think I saw it until it ran on TV (which, in those days, took years rather than days) so I was maybe 19 or 20 by the time I saw it. It shook me up, nearly as much as seeing “Carrie” on the lawn at UF or “The Omega Man” with Charleton Heston at the drive-in.

The plot line is as new today as then – reinventing oneself to lead the life you think everyone else is leading that’s better than yours. I just watched Episode 3 of “Enlightenment” with Laura Dern on HBO two nights ago – same theme! So dear readers – all 1 or so of you – check it out and let me know what you think. By the way – it stars Rock Hudson, who actually does a pretty good job in a very serious role. No Doris Day or Elizabeth Taylor – just Rock trying to be somebody else. Imagine!~

Later…