Moor Larkin wrote:
> On 28 Oct, 20:54, Dave U. Random <anonym...@anonymitaet-im-inter.net>
> wrote:
>> Perhaps the greatest thrill for fans will be a warts-and-
>> recounts the filming of the series..
>
>
> This has been available for some time. Here's one review of it that
> made me grin.
>
> "A 94'53m documentary entitled "Don't Knock Yourself Out" features on
> the seventh disc, an entertaining piece featuring no less than 36
> contributors from the show. Archive footage gives us views from Leo
> McKern, George Markstein and Alexis Kanner, while such big name stars
> as Peter Bowles take part.
>
> If there's a minor flaw with the documentary, it's that Simon Wells's
> script, narrated by Neil Pearson, is sometimes a little too
> subjective, discussing which episodes worked and which didn't. Also,
> the tendency to take contributors' memories at face value with no
> opposing viewpoint occasionally troubles. In the case of McGoohan -
> the documentary could be retitled "Let's Kick Pat" at points - then he
> declined to take part, so this couldn't be avoided.
>
> But Gab, sorry, Bernie Williams is the only one who gets to talk on
> camera about how he came up with the idea for Rover. Considering
> virtually everyone who worked on the series has laid claim to this
> piece of inspiration, then it seems odd to let it go on record on one
> man's word only.
>
> However, these are very minor distractions in an open documentary that
> somehow manages to slip the F word (from McKern) through with a PG
> certificate. Lastly, only the very childish and peurile would snigger
> at the fact that this fine piece of work was Edited, Co-Produced and
> Co-Directed by a man named Thomas Cock. Grow up now."
> http://www.anorakzone.com/Prisoner/dvd.html
Anyone really interested in The Prisoner already knows the other sides
of these stories (to the point of actually cringing during some of the
interviews; and wondering if the interviewees themselves would blush if
they saw their parts again. Blame it on the editing, I suppose.)and
anyone who is casually looking on probably won't even get through the
entire Don't Knock Yourself Out docu. It's just not that compelling and
does require previous knowledge to be understandable.
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