Got The Prisoner On DVD
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Got The Prisoner On DVD
Finally got the complete series of The Prisoner on DVD & was watching it last night & its just as relevant today as it was in the late 60’s. If nobody has ever seen it & they’re libertarian minded I strongly recommend they track a copy down as it had much subtext about the individual & society.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner
Gosh! Was it forty years ago? I seem to remember a huge white(?) balloon which mysteriously appeared, then to engulf anyone attempting to 'buck the system', or escape (from some wierd Welsh village). And remote control(?) CCTV cameras? Yeah, very deep, especially in those days! Little did we know, that forty years on, it was about to come true (well, I'm still waiting for that balloon to appear!). Uhu? What's that blocking my window? Arrghhhhhhhh........
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Re: Orwell?
Nah shouldn't that be the Labour Party manifestomerlin wrote:For 1984, read 1997.......
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You could well be right!ziggy_encaoua wrote: Nah shouldn't that be the Labour Party manifesto
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the dvd box set...
i rcv'd the dvd box set of the prisoner as a gift when it first came out (i think it was my birthday), and my son and i have watched the set together.
he is 16, and thinks this is one of the best tv shows of all time.
he is 16, and thinks this is one of the best tv shows of all time.
you know... george orwell warned us!
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Re: Got The Prisoner On DVD
Just trawling the old threads again and doing a bit of thread resurrection
Portmeirion is a great place to visit - we used to go there in our Caterham (read Lotus) 7 which is one of the car marques that appeared in the tv series. I never saw the show, it was a bit before my time - but I loved the drive out to North Wales to see this odd little village every year. The Boogiemeister himself, Jools Holland, has a fascination with Portmeirion and did a documentary on the place (a chance to get to hear some of his playing at the same time).
Portmeirion is a great place to visit - we used to go there in our Caterham (read Lotus) 7 which is one of the car marques that appeared in the tv series. I never saw the show, it was a bit before my time - but I loved the drive out to North Wales to see this odd little village every year. The Boogiemeister himself, Jools Holland, has a fascination with Portmeirion and did a documentary on the place (a chance to get to hear some of his playing at the same time).
Re: Got The Prisoner On DVD
Been there, done that, agreed.FranTastic444 wrote:...Portmeirion is a great place to visit...
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