This film from the start sets an uneasy feeling by showing disturbing faces at the beginning. The film sets a creepy tone with the idea of a person being able to "reborn" themselves to accomplish goals they were not able to succeed in their first life. A company tricked and black mailed Arthur Hamilton, a middle aged man into an interesting artist named Tony Wilson. During his reborn life, he realizes his new life isn't any better then his old life and understands the mistake he has made in doing this. As he tries to get his old life back together, the company that funded the operation can not allow him to so and kills him for the next person who wants to be reborn.
The scene that I will be analyzing is the operation that turned Arthur Hamilton into Tony Wilson. The scene starts off with a hand drawn blue print of the different procedures that will be done on Arthur. This then switches back and forth between the operation and sketches. During the operation, scene focuses on the doctor operating on Arthur's face. The doctor at one point doesn't look confident in the work he is doing at one point but get through the job and is able to stitch up the newly born Tony. Frankenheimer's use of the camera in directing the close up visuals of the operation and expressions made by doctors and nurses keeps the audience in suspense to see the final outcome of the operation. Along with the camera work, the music also had a huge role on this scene. The music starts off slow with a sad tone but gradually increases in speed to a suspenseful high pitch sound that suddenly ends as the operation is complete.
Overall the movie was strange but does teach a lesson to live the life you have right now to its fullest potential
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