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Seconds. John Frankenheimer, 1966.
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Edition screened: Criterion Blu-ray, released 2013. English language. Runtime approximately 107 minutes.


Summary: Scene in a meat packing plant.


Details: Our main character is sent to a mysterious rendezvous at a meat packing plant where many dry-looking sides of beef are hanging from conveyor chains. There is no butchering, blood, or anything more gory that seeing cuts of beef at the grocery store. The scene (16:43-18:00) is easily skipped without consequence, as it is just another curious step in the protagonist getting to his real destination.


This is a wonderfully entertaining film, with or without the packing plant scene.