dave squares off: this episode more than once demanded a firm foothold by which to brace against the menacing-white-ball-like disorientation. many lines of intention seemed to race out from the story, most of them spawned from dense, rapid-fire dialogue. i couldn't resist finding the script online to review the opening scene:
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[int. 6's cottage. The phone is bleeping. 6 comes out of the bathroom, dons his piped blazer, and answers it]
Number Six :What do you want?
Operator :"Number Six?"
Number Six :I said, what do you want?
Operator :"You are Number Six?"
Number Six :That is the number of this place.
Operator :"Call from Number Two."
[Number Two appears on PM's television set]
Number Two:Good morning, good morning!
[PM spins around to look at the television]
Number Two :Any complaints?
Number Six :Yes - I'd like to mind my own business.
Number Two :So do we. Do you fancy a chat?
Number Six :The mountain can come to Mohammed.
[slight pause as 6 puts the phone down, and walks back to where he came from. 6 spins around when hears 2's voice again. 2 is now suddenly there in the flesh, at 6's front door]
Number Two :Mohammed?
Number Six :Everest, I presume.
[2 invites himself in]
Number Two :I've never had a head for heights.
Number Six :How's Number One?
Number Two :At the summit.
Number Six :Play it according to Hoyle?
Number Two :All cards on the table! You may rely on that.
[2 walks over into PM's kitchen]
Number Six :Hmph! Erm - who's move?
Number Two :Yours only! Confide, and we concede. Breakfast?
[.... 2 and 6 sit down at the breakfast bar....]
Number Six :Nicely done?
Number Two :International cuisine. The best.
Number Six :French?
Number Two :International.
Number Six :Toast?
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that makes this a long review entry, but for those who've entertained the thought of watching this series, this taste, i think, reflects the writing that draws me into this creation.
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i could as well get into the imagery, extension of established inter-episodic themes, thoughts on political commentary, coloured phones, symbolism of rotating Number Twos, and so on, but i would likely repeat what many fan sites have already stated. for my part, i liked this one a lot and am keen to see it again next time with a better idea of where it was going and how the precedent scenes might have been intended. and i really want to better understand the circle/square scene, which reminded me of a piece of toast and a sandwich filling.
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Angelica steps in: The quickest paced episode thus far, this week's installment let me catch up to it only for brief moments before taking off again. No time to think back on dialogue from a moment ago - forward into the future at an ever quickening pace. No time to visually absorb a scene - forward on to the next with images colliding and doubt about what I thought I had even seen. The brief views into village spaces previously unseen have left me curious to explore...I hope for some return visits to these new spaces. Overall, I liked the unpredictability of this episode and its abrupt and disorienting nature (smooth transitions, in stories and in blog entries, can be so highly overrated).
Angelica steps in: The quickest paced episode thus far, this week's installment let me catch up to it only for brief moments before taking off again. No time to think back on dialogue from a moment ago - forward into the future at an ever quickening pace. No time to visually absorb a scene - forward on to the next with images colliding and doubt about what I thought I had even seen. The brief views into village spaces previously unseen have left me curious to explore...I hope for some return visits to these new spaces. Overall, I liked the unpredictability of this episode and its abrupt and disorienting nature (smooth transitions, in stories and in blog entries, can be so highly overrated).
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