Well not the actual scene, but I do try and imagine what’s really taking place outside that crate containing No.6 and No.8 during that supposed 12 hour journey from the cave to Gdansk/Danzig, then to Copenhagen, and finally on to London. The crate placed on a boat and taken back to the Village, then manhandled onto a “rocker bed” to simulate movement of the crate, and a tape recorder playing the sound effects that would be heard on such a journey. This and the technicians required to operate the machinery used to simulate the 12 hour journey.
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Under the cold light of day it's ridiculous that we're supposed to accept this for real. But back in the old days of film and TV everyone accepted "day for night" shots as well as painted backdrops and bad rear-projections of streets from inside a car. - BCNU!
ReplyDeleteI really like how too much romance and intimacy is prevented by two simple (but quite thin) plywood boards.Also, those crates could almost be similar to the crate used to bring Number 6 into the village in the first place, couldn't they?
ReplyDeleteRegarding credibility, sometimes I wish it would still work as well as in the old days. But then again it oddly adds to entertainment to notice the flaws.
Kind regards, Jana
Really good points, the crate/coffin parallel and the dividing panel between the two. Never regarded it this way. BCNU!
ReplyDeleteHello Jana and Arno,
ReplyDeleteYou are right Arno, we didn't question such production procedures, day shots for night etc. I remember as a boy watching the journey we see on the screen for real. I thought No.6 and Nadia were being taken from the Village in a crate, and were escaping the Village. So the first time I watched it worked, but it doesn't work the second time. You don't experience the same reaction when you find the Prisoner had been hoodwinked!
And Jana, we can always rely upon you to think outside the crate! I agree with Arno, really good points, the crate/coffin parallel, I've not thought of that before!
Very kind regards
David
BCNU