"Seconds", 1966, John Frankenheimer, TSPDT: 995

This film is one of those little science fiction gems that probably escaped everyone´s attention.  I am afraid to tell you about the plot, because I don´t want to ruin its surprises.  But the mood of the piece is as important as what happens there, so a little bit to entice you:  a man wants to change his stale life so he gets an appointment at a company that gives guys like him a "second chance" by changing his identity.  That´s all.  Rock Hudson is very good in this, as is the rest of the cast.  Think about it as a very good episode of "Twilight Zone" that got the movie treatment.  I could go on and on with interpretations about the plot, but this is not the reason why I am writing these snippets right now (maybe I will for future films).  Watch it all.

"Devil In the Flesh", 1947, Claude Autant-Lara, TSPDT: 1000

The purposes of these posts is to give you a quick guide to movies in the TSPDT list of 1,000 best films of all time.  In this case, "Devil..." is a melodrama during the Great War (First World War) in a small town near Paris, about a schoolboy in love with a slightly older woman, which already has somebody in her life.  It has fun parts, with lots of modern banter between the leads, and some striking camera movements due to the limitations of the 4:3 format, which gives the director the necessity of "finding" the actors and showing somehow the interesting things that they encounter in each setting, thus the extremely fluid camerawork. The morals of the story, however, are terrible, not so far from the reactionary tale of "Forrest Gump".  It is not a mystery why this movie is rated so low in the list, it is notable, but it will be forgotten.  Still, if you are here, is because you know that you could do a lot worse (modern Hollywood).  Watch at least the first half.