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\n\t\tI Am Not A Number, I Am A Free Man!\n\t<\/h1>\n\t

Gary Hill<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Divider\"\n\tNumber Six<\/strong>: Where am I?
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: In the Village.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: What do you want?
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: Information.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: Whose side are you on?
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: That would be telling. We want information……….information……….information.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: You won’t get it.
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: By hook or by crook, we will.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: Who are you?
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: The new Number Two.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: Who is Number One?
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: You are Number Six.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>:\u00a0I am not a number! I am a free man!
\nNumber Two<\/strong>:\u00a0[laughs]<\/em>
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: I will not make any deals with you. I’ve resigned.\u00a0I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered!<\/strong>\u00a0My life is my own!\n

If none of the above makes sense to you, you are definitely not an aficionado of the 1960s British surreal cult TV series ‘The Prisoner’.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Large\n\tNumber Six<\/strong>: I have a choice?
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: Of course. You can do as you want.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: As long as it’s what\u00a0you<\/em>\u00a0want.
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: As long as it is what the majority wants. We’re democratic. In some ways.\n\t\t\t\t\"Enigmatic\n\tNumber Two<\/strong>: What were you looking at?
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: A light.
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: A star.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: A boat.
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: An insect.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: A plane.
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: A flying fish.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: Somebody who belongs to my world.
\nNumber Two<\/strong>:\u00a0This<\/em>\u00a0is your world.\u00a0I<\/em>\u00a0am your world. If you insist on living a dream you may be taken for mad.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: I like my dream.
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: Then you\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0mad.\n\t\t\t\t\"Man\n\tNumber Six<\/strong>:\u00a0Why do you use people?
\nMan With Stick<\/strong>: Some psychiatrists say it satisfies the desire for power. The only opportunity one gets here.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: That depends what side you’re on.
\nMan With Stick<\/strong>: I’m on my side.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: Aren’t we all?
\nMan With Stick<\/strong>: You must be new here. In time, most of us join the enemy………….against ourselves.\n\t\t\t\t\"Portrait\n\tNumber Two<\/strong>:\u00a0[offering coffee]<\/em>\u00a0I can never remember. One lump or two?
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: It’s in the file.
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: Yes, as a matter of fact, yes. But it would save time if you just answered.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: Why? Running out of time?
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: “Does not take sugar.” Frightened of putting on weight?
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: No. Nor of being reduced.
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: Oh, that’s excellent. I\u00a0am<\/em>\u00a0glad you are here. You really are a model.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: But I don’t run on clockwork.
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: You will, my dear chap. You will.\n\t\t\t\t\"Woman\n\tNumber Two<\/strong>: You destroyed me.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: No.. you destroyed yourself. You destroyed yourself. A character flaw. You were afraid of your masters. A weak link in the chain of command waiting to be broken.
\nNumber Two<\/strong>: Don’t tell them………..don’t report me.
\nNumber Six<\/strong>: I don’t intend to. You are going to report yourself.
\nNumber Two<\/strong>:\u00a0[taking the phone]<\/em>\u00a0I have to report a breakdown……….in control. Number Two needs to be replaced. Yes, this is Number Two reporting.\n\t\t\t\t\"The\n\t

Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"The\n\t\t\t\t\"Profile\n\t\t\t\t\"A\n\t\t\t\t\"Woman\n\t\t\t\t\"Be\n\t

‘I Am Not A Number, I Am A Free Man!’. Original images \u00a9 Gary Hill 2017. All rights reserved. Not in public domain. If you wish to use my work for anything other than legal ‘fair use’ (i.e., non-profit educational or scholarly research or critique purposes) please contact me<\/a><\/strong> for permission first.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Divider\"\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Logo\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I Am Not A Number, I Am A Free Man! Gary Hill Number Six: Where am I? Number Two: In the Village. Number Six: What do you want? Number Two: Information. Number Six: Whose side are you on? Number Two: That would be telling. We want information……….information……….information. Number Six: You won’t get it. Number Two: … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"I Am Not A Number, I Am A Free Man!","description":"Images from the 50th anniversary of the first UK screening of the 1960s British surreal cult TV series 'The Prisoner' at the village of Portmeirion, Wales."},"footnotes":""},"folder":[28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irefuteitthus.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irefuteitthus.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irefuteitthus.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irefuteitthus.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irefuteitthus.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/irefuteitthus.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1279,"href":"https:\/\/irefuteitthus.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775\/revisions\/1279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irefuteitthus.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irefuteitthus.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}