tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post4921404118365166634..comments2024-03-25T12:31:58.169+00:00Comments on David Stimpson: The Therapy ZoneDavid Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-73148479436622788612013-11-22T08:20:05.364+00:002013-11-22T08:20:05.364+00:00"Videodrome" is quite unsettling a film,..."Videodrome" is quite unsettling a film, a bit rough and unfinished and in some respect what we'd call prisoneresque in terms of that nothing can be taken for granted. However, it's too distant now, I don't remember well enough. For those who know only the "later" Cronenberg. - BCNU!nr6dehttp://www.nummer6-theprisoner.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-57853048075821217192013-11-22T08:08:29.481+00:002013-11-22T08:08:29.481+00:00Hello Arno,
An interesting comment, which I en...Hello Arno,<br /> An interesting comment, which I enjoyed. I cannot comment on Cronenberg's film "Videodrome," as I have never seen it.<br /> I'm sure readers of your website will find your article about "Britishness" in 'the Prisoner' fascinating once you have written and posted it. Spare time, I quite understand. I've been working to my limit for some time now. Now since having my flu jab, I've come down with a very bad cough. Perhaps that will slow me down!<br /><br /> I shall be emailing you later in the day.<br /><br />Very kind regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-34846731526248853772013-11-21T12:35:22.959+00:002013-11-21T12:35:22.959+00:00@Speedlearn: The method of taking influence on peo...@Speedlearn: The method of taking influence on people's behaviour, causing them to consume more ice-cream or whatever, by sending subliminally coded images was indeed used decades ago perhaps in US cinemas. But it was also banned afterwards I think as a means of advertisment. In David Conenberg's masterpiece "Videodrome", shortly after "Scanners" starring Patrick McGooan, the plot is about a TV station transmitting snuff film stuff which also results in rather unhealthy effects on those watching them. <br /><br />@Englishness of the Village: It's the language in the first place. Of course TV viewers need to understand what the characters say, so they all spoke English. Today TV movies and high-quality series would perhaps hire actors with different language skills in order to obfuscate that the Village was supposed to be beyond the Iron Curtain. One would apply subtiltes which were rather unusual then. <br />It's more relevant if the Village was run by "us" than by "them", if methods were employed one wouldn't have attributed to our side. Nobody at the time would have been surprised to find out that "they", the Commies, were keen on infiltrating and subverting our, the Western, societies. Beyond this, David you've been busy collecting some indications of Britishness in The Prisoner. Something that I intend to bring to the forth in an article on my website. However, sparetime is our right but we don't have it. - BCNU!nr6dehttp://www.nummer6-theprisoner.denoreply@blogger.com