Considered the final film in John Frankenheimer’s Paranoia Trilogy (after The Manchurian Candidate and Seven Days in May), Seconds tells of a mysterious organization called the Company that gives a middle-aged banker, unhappy at work and at home, the opportunity, through plastic surgery, to start anew. Now played by Rock Hudson, he is relocated with a new name among others who have been reborn, but his questions about his new life cause him to run afoul of the rules established by the Company. Enhanced by James Wong Howe’s distorting camerawork and Jerry Goldsmith’s discordant film score, Seconds examines not only the ideals of good looks but how getting what we want doesn’t necessarily lead to fulfillment. “On the surface, this chilling film is a most stylish piece of horror. Its underlying and saddening truth makes it into a moral nightmare” – Josephine O’Neill, The Sydney Morning Herald.