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nwhyte's review
5.0
https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3536318.html
It's a book that is definitely a labour of love, but a love that is not blind and doesn't flinch from pointing out the show's occasional weaknesses.
Priestner takes us through the creation process, including the nuts and bolts of filming (though I wish he'd been a bit more specific about the Brussels locations) but also the backgrounds of actors, writers and directors, and an examination of influences on the show, and also its shadow cast into the future (including a despairing section on Allo! Allo!). There's a heart-breaking account where he gets the cast together years later to reminisce about their days on the show, and then discovers that the precious video he made of their conversation was taped over to record a family barbecue. (We've just been going through the video tapes in the attic ourselves, which tugs at the heartstrings a bit.) If you're thinking of revisiting Secret Army, now that it's easier to do so than ever, I recommend that you have Andy Priestner by your side.
It's a book that is definitely a labour of love, but a love that is not blind and doesn't flinch from pointing out the show's occasional weaknesses.
Priestner takes us through the creation process, including the nuts and bolts of filming (though I wish he'd been a bit more specific about the Brussels locations) but also the backgrounds of actors, writers and directors, and an examination of influences on the show, and also its shadow cast into the future (including a despairing section on Allo! Allo!). There's a heart-breaking account where he gets the cast together years later to reminisce about their days on the show, and then discovers that the precious video he made of their conversation was taped over to record a family barbecue. (We've just been going through the video tapes in the attic ourselves, which tugs at the heartstrings a bit.) If you're thinking of revisiting Secret Army, now that it's easier to do so than ever, I recommend that you have Andy Priestner by your side.
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