Seconds is what she chose. This film shows an average guy who hates his life and wants a change. He is offered a chance to have a second life, similar to a witness protection program. He undergoes the changes, enjoys his new life, then he remembers his old life and everything he missed.
This film is filled with up-close, fisheye, and obscure angles to distort the reality of the main character.
Continuing my theme of new worlds and/or lives, the movie Seconds shows how we in American society have the choice of choosing a new life. In the old movies people would get a lot of money and move to a secluded part of the world to start a new life or avoid the old. Many people have done this from James Baldwin to Josephine Baker. And they had a legitimate reason due to the racism in America and their art.
Today it is more difficult to physically leave due to limitations, but the internet has changed that. With online virtual worlds like Second Life, There.com or Onverse.com, people can recreate a different world from their homes. I admit this is a definite advancement of technology. It could benefit online learners, connect people to new ideas and so forth. One thing that happened in Seconds and The Congress the main characters were not satisfied with their choice after seeing all that was sacrificed.
Now that it only takes 10 seconds to be apart of these online worlds, are the sacrifices not that large? The information and trust we give to new online communities has become not that big of a deal.
If that is so, why are we not trusting each other in real-life?
