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Dorothy's apartment is shaped like an ear. And doesn't Franks mask and the fathers make them insect like?

Good stuff. A lot of ppl are too ashamed to relax and enjoy the most kiddie fun aspects of the film. The Ewoks were a big draw for kids. They were so popular they spawned several more low budget movies specifically for the kids. I find it so funny as well that modern superhero movies pretend to be all grown up and mature but they're every bit as childish as they ever were. It's like people want to have the childhood fantasy, but have it falsely packaged as only for grown ups. Same with James Bond too. The early Bond's were so much better because they were family films.

Excellent analysis…. Great facts and perceptions

George Lucas is not tall man. And he made movie Willow that have Guinness world record for little people gathered on movie set. Not tall people look more friendly in general, my opinion. But also "Napoleon syndrome" is related to psychology where people try overcompensate height by acting very tough - overconfidence. Even Napoleon by all standards was not so short.

Utterly daft. The entire premise is he is holding back his reasons for resigning, in which case what was all the ranting and fist slamming about in the intro?? Ah, yes, he must have been airing his frustration that his favourite soccer team lost, or hed just torn his favourite trousers? Total plot detail flaw! Lol

I completely agree

The allegory of the Prisoner, to me, is simple. We live and operate in a mechanism of illusion. We first attempt to take control of our own path (his resignation) only to be driven deeper into the illusion, where the system would seek to control you more openly (The Village.) there is no more need to pretend, and when others like you lose their value to the system they seek to escape, the system eliminates them. (As the other prisoners die off through the series.) No. 6's value to the system is the service he provides, while he comes to terms with his value as a human being ultimately worth fighting for and dying for. His sheer will to not conform brings him to the ultimate face off- that he may be his own worst enemy. So he chooses to overcome the system, and even himself, becoming his own Number One, regaining control of himself. He may never escape his Village (now, the whole world and it's system) but he is, at least, now the one calling the shots for himself. A classic crisis of being and belief, recognizing the control of the accepted world as it's known, it's victimization of those who would seek to operate within its games, then overcoming one's own demons, realizing that one has the power to overcome and direct one's own life. And when you become that one, you become your own Number One.

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Great Observations!!

It’s worth noting that this film echoes the end of “Paths of Glory,” wherein the only “enemy” the soldiers ever meet is a young woman. In the earlier film, she trembles as she sings a sentimental song. In the later film, this penultimate scene is followed by the Marines marching to a children’s song.

Very nice work. Thank you!

Masterpiece work of art

I think the opening sequence evokes “Paradise Lost.” The star disciple rebels and is imprisoned in hell.

number 6 wants to know who runs THE VILLAGE judging by how monumentally geeky everyone is dressed I'd say it is the fashion police!!

Wow. Any Which Way You Can at number 2, Josey Wales at 11 and TGTBATU at number 16... I mean obviously any list is subjective but this borders on insane.

Clint Eastwood anagram Old West Action. So first place is western :)

I lived in Austin about 81’ and Public Channel had a synopsis of each episode by Warner Troy that was very astute imho, ty Nancy. He was Canada Public TV if I recall and they have been lost in the void sadly. Questions like “How many times do you show your ID? “ still come to mind.

A message for the narrator of this video clip.. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go with a woman? 😊

The Prisoner was THE best and my all time favourite programme ever made

It is just one of the best and most unique TV shows ever. I remember it vividly when it first was broadcast and I’ve seen it many times since thanks for your post.

The image of the keyhole is a visual of the repeating theme of, "be *seeing* you."

I always thought the Lava Lite was a reflection of the oppression and control ultimately exercised by Rover. Rarely is Rover stationary or 'resting'; it is always moving.

Number 6 always, ALWAYS showed a 3rd alternative to the wrong and right, black and white, good and evil.

Regarding the analysis of TV shows vs. Movies; TV shows are usually melodramas, which depict important events in the life of the protagonist(s), while movies are usually dramas, which depict THE important event in the life of the protagonist(s). The Prisoner is unusual in that it is a TV drama - its 17 episodes forming a single story that is the most important thing to happen to Number 6. This may be part of what sets it apart.

Free Mason's chess board. No mention of all the '666' salutes when the villagers say "Be seein' you". All the people with the 'alphabet' rainbow umbrellas. Most it's hard to tell whether it's a man or woman. Men wearing women's shoes and vice versa, clothes are very unisex looking, thus meaning LGBTQ. The Baphomet on the water fountain. The blue/white striped tent and glassware also Free Mason. The building that resembles the Temple House in DC with all the columns, Free Masons. In a room there are 'red' sconces on the wall, red glass signifying an aristocracy , also suffering and mystery, I.E. the village is like a jail of suffering and mystery because the prisoner doesn't know why he's being held there.

Watched this show when it first showed. Loved it but did not know why!. Now look back on it and it is surely a unique thing of television past when money was plied into new shows at that time in the 60,s, without the expected financial returns of today,s productions. Did not like the ending. Mr Mc Goohan had hand in this from the beginning and seeing him as the no 1 was not a climax. An ending with someone/something unknown would have kept the suspense ongoing, possibly without an ending, - and who knows-the option to maybe continue further. Be seeing you!

Thank you for this interesting video. Long-time fan of >The Prisoner<.

How we arrive is always the key to what arrives before us.

Check out a movie called The Ruling Class, starring Peter O'Toole. It's on RUclips. There is a scene in it that has influenced the final episode of The Prisoner. In fact the whole film is about a really weird village that smacks of The Prisoner.

I am old enough to remember this series when it was first shown and it immediately gained cult status. This was nearly 60 years ago and since then people have been trying to understand it, for example they think there are hidden coded messages within the script which they have tried to decipher over the years, without success. On the other hand some of us believe that it was simply a ground breaking series devised by a very creative mind which opened the door to many others taking a lead from it. So I would say don't look too deeply just sit back and enjoy because it is unique and has never really been equaled.

Fun Fact: The prisoner's music request to the village bandmaster was the Farandole from Bizet's L'Arlésienne. ruclips.net/video/M7p74wVffpI/видео.html

Watching this after living a bit, I feel like I’ve been through it all before lol. I just got to the end and well minus the moiduh/franks moustache.

some trivia, at 5:09 thats the actor from I Claudius who played Tiberius. George Baker, who had a huge list of credits to his name.

I saw the movie on HBO back in the early 80's. There was a very provocative scene where Debbie asked James to pierce her nipple with a needle as a prelude to having sex. It was quite graphic. Was that scene completely censored? I have never seen that scene in that movie since. And I always tune in when its on TV. I don't understand why. Thoughts? Happy Birthday Debbie!

In the final episode, doesn’t the main character go through a door, but when it closes, we see has the number one on it?

"Number twoses"? Where did you learn that?

I think we mustn't discount the theme of psychological disturbance. This was, in historical fact, an era of intensive efforts to extract information and exert covert control over adversaries, using every available technology. Abduction, torture, scopolamine, sodium pentothal, and LSD were part of routine tradecraft. I grew up in this time and remember it well. I remember how commonly (and, in retrospect, naïvely) we all took to the simplest and most colorful, most childlike and innocent, sorts of technological storytelling as good enough to warrant suspension of disbelief. The Prisoner is a very deliberate play upon that willingness of the audience to be persuaded by cool artifacts and trippy images. Of course it all looks very silly in retrospect. But these small theatrical touches - the striped shirts and awnings, the manicured lawns, the absurdly high tech "monitoring" crane, even the silly telephones - those were enough in a less cynical time to create a convincing sense of madness, psychological manipulation, and cunning power.

22 details? Not 23? Curious🤔

Great observations there. One I worked out myself was the episode in the episode Chimes Of Big Ben. The character alongside Number 6 is named Cobb.

The show started from Secret Agent Man ( Danger Man in the U.K. ) a show I liked much better !

Interesting!

Why I’m scared of white balloons!😊

Black and white checkerboard pattern = Masonic imagery.

Oh my Patrick was so handsome 😊!

I really enjoyed this, and learnt a few things I hadn't heard so that alone is a big thankful.

' Being seeing you': On camera? Surveillance?. They say the secret service ran a village like this in the second world war. Wouldn't put it passed us. We excel at this sort of thing.

The enigma and non-specificity of the overall message ends up being its strength allowing one to apply individual interpretation. I am writing this in 2024 and it seems that the subjects of privacy, information and control are even more relevant now. The thread running through "1984", "The Prisoner", social media and modern national politics demonstrate the trend growing with more surveillance technology, the public actually providing information on themselves, and finally the ability to add misinformation. The message of this series is even more relevant as we become more unaware of reality around us. We seem to have created our own "village" where we no longer know what is true and who is collecting information. All I can say is "be seeing you."

Only my opinion as I was quite young at the time, but a lot of pioneering television of the time had to do with ideas around authoritarianism by psychological, techno logical and pharmaceutical methods. Even children’s programs such as Dr Who, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 included mind altering practices such as hypnotism and drugs to produce conformity and obedience. A great time to be alive. My favourite Prisoner episode was Many Happy Returns. The look on his face. Oh, yeah one other observation. Whilst most programs looked outside the UK for the authoritarian regime Patrick very pointedly pointed the finger at the UK as the enemy.

Good stuff

I think the "Prisoner" series is a veiled battle between a "flat-earther" and a "globalist society"! I think McGoohan's character is based on "Admiral Richard E. Byrd". Byrd was an active Freemason and explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic. The "Prisoner" series is replete with "globe" and "flat earth" imagery and symbolism(far too many to list here) with many connections to Admiral Richard E. Byrd's expeditions through references to "Air" and "Nautical" themes throughout! Considering the level of censorship today openly admitted to and practised by the overbearing, overreaching "governments"(with the blessing and support of most of the masses under their control I might add) perhaps the general public at large even today let alone in the 1960s aren't yet ready to find out why "Number 6" resigned. Perhaps the missiles launched in the last episode are a reference to "Operation Fishbowl" of 1962(were they testing the strength of the pressurised container). Consider the sound of thunder. "The sky's the limit isn't it, the sky is the limit"! - Patrick McGoohan.