An intelligent and daring series, both for its time and for today.
The Prisoner is the kind of brilliance you get when someone is actually given creative control. Of course, Pat McGoohan had to fight for it. It certainly was well worth the fight though.
When I first watched this series, I thought that it was all fiction. However, I was later to discover that there are little details in the show that are based on actual fact -- fact that was, at the time, still classified information (like MK Ultra-esque brain-washing techniques). How he knew of this back then, I'm really not sure.
The Prisoner is packed full of brain-twisting puzzles and word-play.
And for those that find it to be just too damn confusing, here's a spoiler that will make things much easier to follow.
* * * * * * * The title of this review gives away the secret of the series. Just look at it for a while and the answer will be obvious. Nothing quite like hiding something in plain sight. Kudos to the people handling the line delivery for this show. One wrong take and the gig would be up.
The Prisoner is the kind of brilliance you get when someone is actually given creative control. Of course, Pat McGoohan had to fight for it. It certainly was well worth the fight though.
When I first watched this series, I thought that it was all fiction. However, I was later to discover that there are little details in the show that are based on actual fact -- fact that was, at the time, still classified information (like MK Ultra-esque brain-washing techniques). How he knew of this back then, I'm really not sure.
The Prisoner is packed full of brain-twisting puzzles and word-play.
And for those that find it to be just too damn confusing, here's a spoiler that will make things much easier to follow.
* * * * * * * The title of this review gives away the secret of the series. Just look at it for a while and the answer will be obvious. Nothing quite like hiding something in plain sight. Kudos to the people handling the line delivery for this show. One wrong take and the gig would be up.