Cripes. The film version of cult 1960s TV show The Prisoner - which originally brought a dollop of worldwide cult appeal to North Wales resort Portmeirion - was filmed about 5,350 miles away* in Swakopmund, Namibia.
Swakopmund's buildings have served the film-makers well for exterior shots. It was settled by German colonists, and features lines and colours that, like Portmeirion's Italianate buildings, look like they've been set down in the wrong place.
I don't want to get savaged by fans, but I can see how this resonates with the art direction of the original. (Goes into hiding...)
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It's on the coast (has to be, doesn't it?) about 170 miles west of capital Windhoek. Anyone been? Could this become a place of pilgrimage for a new generation of Prisoner fans?
Swakopmund's buildings have served the film-makers well for exterior shots. It was settled by German colonists, and features lines and colours that, like Portmeirion's Italianate buildings, look like they've been set down in the wrong place.
I don't want to get savaged by fans, but I can see how this resonates with the art direction of the original. (Goes into hiding...)
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It's on the coast (has to be, doesn't it?) about 170 miles west of capital Windhoek. Anyone been? Could this become a place of pilgrimage for a new generation of Prisoner fans?
* Using Daft Logic's Google Maps Distance Calculator
Update: Here are 10 minutes of rather good preview...
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