tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post5764291227684903834..comments2024-03-25T12:31:58.169+00:00Comments on David Stimpson: Prismatic ReflectionDavid Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-18704503186088449102012-09-28T08:07:50.004+01:002012-09-28T08:07:50.004+01:00Hello Arno,
Well quite, and very precisely pu...Hello Arno,<br /><br /> Well quite, and very precisely put. Indeed the episode of 'Many Happy Returns' can be said to be a circle within the circle, as Number 6 escapes yet ends up where be began, in the Village.<br /> Thinking a little more outside the box, one could describe 'Many Happy Returns' as a second arrival for the Prisoner, seeing as how he has been abducted to the Village a second time! it's no wonder in 'dance of the Dead' that Number 6 told a gardener fixing up a window box "I'm new here!"<br /><br />Kind regards<br />David<br />Be seeing youDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-8873802654202248582012-09-27T11:23:44.295+01:002012-09-27T11:23:44.295+01:00Thereby fullfilling the circle. Circularity is sai...Thereby fullfilling the circle. Circularity is said by many to be at the heart of The Prisoner. - BCNU!nr6dehttp://www.nummer6-theprisoner.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-80516900791251122232012-09-27T10:02:36.479+01:002012-09-27T10:02:36.479+01:00Hello Arno,
An interesting and intriguing comm...Hello Arno,<br /><br /> An interesting and intriguing comment. It has been said that if you look too closley at 'the Prisoner' it does not improve your understanding of it. That topics within the series can become blurred under too close examination. Up to a point I can see that. But the whole point behind 'the Prisoner' is to question, that was McGoohan's ethos. And so yes I completely agree with you that;<br /> <br /> "The Prisoner discourse sometimes appears to align with that statement. Whatever details are unearthed, explained and discussed it's a never ending process, always unfolding new twists and threads, new layers of interpretation. Many of them not necessarily "clearer" or more evident that previous ones. Strange, perplexing, mind boggling isn't it?"<br /> Yes it is, even 45 years after the event. I could not have put it better myself.<br /><br />Kind Regards <br />David<br />Be seeing youDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-43940349955266101362012-09-27T09:50:29.503+01:002012-09-27T09:50:29.503+01:00Hello Jana,
It was actually Arno who put this ...Hello Jana,<br /><br /> It was actually Arno who put this idea of Number 6 being the architect of the Village, and having done so, what do you then do with the said architect to stop him talking about it? You put him in it!<br /><br /> I suppose when you consider the Prisoner's arrival in 'Arrival,' there would need to be a certain amount of brainwashing for the Prisoner not to know where he was if he had created the Village. But then if you take 'Fall Out' into consideration, and continuing with the supposition of Number 1 being Number 6, then the Prisoner has been in the Village all the time. 'The Prisoner' has been described as a struggle between his ID and his ego, if 6 is the Id then 1 has a big enough ego to put his ID through anything in the persecution of 6, in effect persecuting himself as 6 struggles with the anguish he feels at having created the Village in the first place.<br /><br /> I think the Prisoner resigned because of the events of 'Fall out,' that he was the architect behind the Village.' But having done so, he felt anguish for what he had done, and because of that anguish he resigned, and tried to put the Village out of his mind, and as you say" He put it out, just to be put in," and yes, I agree there is the irony.<br /><br />Kind regards<br />David<br />Be seeing youDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-27879225499990365992012-09-26T17:06:13.051+01:002012-09-26T17:06:13.051+01:00Hello David,
interesting train of thought! The Pr...Hello David,<br /><br />interesting train of thought! The Prisoner as the architect of the Village - this would need a kind of brainwash at arrival, wouldn't it? <br /><br />Or is it that the Prisoner created the village just to recognize that he hated it, and to resign? Therefore to put it out of his mind? So he put it out just to be put in it... kind of ironic.<br /><br /><br /><br />Kind regards!<br />Jana<br />BCNU<br /><br />Jananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-86553267181240877922012-09-26T13:08:08.921+01:002012-09-26T13:08:08.921+01:00By chance I was watching a documentary (on Discove...By chance I was watching a documentary (on Discovery Channel perhaps) recently dealing with the question of reality. Nothing more, nothing less. Unlucky, I was catching only the remaining minutes of it. But they left with a quintessential statement by one scientist who after explaining what it was and how it worked said that reality was like a hologram. Meaning you can break it into pieces but information of the whole picture is still enclosed in the tiniest fragment. But, the closer you look at or into it that more your vision, what you see or believe to see becomes blurred. Pointing in that direction is the Antonioni film "Blow Up" although here it's about ordinary "analogue" film.<br /><br />To me, The Prisoner discourse sometimes appears to align with that statement. Whatever details are unearthed, explained and discussed it's a never ending process, always unfolding new twists and threads, new layers of interpretation. Many of them not necessarily "clearer" or more evident that previous ones. Strange, perplexing, mind boggling isn't it? - BCNU!nr6dehttp://www.nummer6-theprisoner.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-50956950463577418962012-09-26T08:19:02.076+01:002012-09-26T08:19:02.076+01:00Hello Dweller of the Crag,
Thank you, a comp...Hello Dweller of the Crag,<br /><br /> Thank you, a compliment indeed.<br /><br /> I trust the world is well with you.<br /><br />Regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-20994140899342897672012-09-25T23:02:16.907+01:002012-09-25T23:02:16.907+01:00Quite insightful. Should be a PhD thesis!Quite insightful. Should be a PhD thesis!Dweller of the Craghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573904410220587792noreply@blogger.com