I Am (Not) A Number (Paperback)

Alex Cox

ISBN 10: 0857301756 / ISBN 13: 9780857301758

Editore: Oldcastle Books Ltd, Harpenden, Herts, 2017

Paperback. The enormously puzzling TV series The Prisoner has developed a rapt cult following, and has often been described as 'surreal' or 'Kafkaesque'.Author Alex Cox watched all the episodes on their first broadcast, at the ripe old age of thirteen. In his new book, I Am (Not) A Number, Cox agrees that while the series has surreal elements, he believes it provides the answers to all the questions which have engrossed and confounded viewers: who is Number 6? Who runs The Village? Who - or what - is Number 1? According to Cox, the key to understanding The Prisoner is to view the series in the order in which the episodes were made - not in the re-arranged order of the UK or US television screenings. In this book he does exactly that, and provides an entirely original and controversial 'explanation' for what is perhaps the best, the most original, and certainly the most perplexing, TV series of all time. The enormously puzzling TV series The Prisoner has developed a rapt cult following, and has often been described as 'surreal' or 'Kafkaesque'. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780857301758

Riassunto:

The enormously puzzling TV series The Prisoner has developed a rapt cult following, and has often been described as “surreal” or “Kafkaesque.” In I Am (Not) a Number, Cox takes an opposing view. While the series has surreal elements, he believes it provides the answers to all the questions which have confounded viewers: who is Number 6? Who runs The Village? Who—or what—is Number 1? According to Cox, the key is to view the series in the order in which the episodes were made, not in the order of the UK or US television screenings. In this book he does exactly that, and provides an entirely original and controversial “explanation” for what is perhaps the best, and certainly the most perplexing, TV series of all time.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Alex Cox is responsible for directing a host of acclaimed films from Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker, and Highway Patrolman to Death and the Compass, Revenger’s Tragedy and Searchers 2.0. He’s also the author of X Films: True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker, and has written on the subject of film for publications including Sight and Sound, The Guardian, The Independent, and Film Comment.

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Titolo: I Am (Not) A Number (Paperback)
Casa editrice: Oldcastle Books Ltd, Harpenden, Herts
Data di pubblicazione: 2017
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: new