Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Agent" (1987)

When an anarchist attempted to blow up the Greenwich Observatory, an idea exploded in the mind of Joseph Conrad. This program re-creates the world of The Secret Agent, the first great novel of political intrigue, in all its suspense and sinister irony. In addition, author and critic V. S. Pritchett and Keith Carabine, of Kent University (England), explore Conrad’s concern that the very fabric of society was being jeopardized by the growing violence and moral corruption-a concern as timely today as it was then.
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[@kardink]

Such wonderful actors in this. I recognize many old favorites. Thanks for this. Currently reading the book and watching different versions of the book.

[@neal4471]

excellent abbreviated film version of a great novel what it lacks is Conrad's savage humor indispensable to bringing to life what he sees as the absurdity of modern societies

[@2nostromo]

"I depend on death which is simple and can not be attacked." Oh Goodness me, indeed Mr. Pootin.

[@Im_No_Expert_72]

Excellent 👏

[@anthonyremotecollaboration7332]

The Secret Agent was published during the 1901-to-1910 reign of King Edward VII, also known as Dirty Bertie.

[@13eugubino459]

Ossipon "200 hundred years from now ,doctors will rule the world " maybe it has turned out sooner than he thought😁

[@jaroslawpeter3586]

In times of Conrad "Russian occupied Ukraine" was in fact Russian occupied Poland. Before that Ukraine was integral part of Kingdom of Poland. Ukraine as the separate state was established for the first time in 1990's.

[@joehalliday6081]

The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski loved this book, and read it a dozen times. Ted was Polish, like Joseph Teodore Conrad Korzeniowski. Undoubtedly, Ted saw himself in some of the characters, especially the Professor. Ted was a professor and bomb maker. He was an anarchist. He sought to make the perfect detonator. At least 23 bombs exploded and many more experiments, Ted was playing out some of the characters in this book. He toiled over his bombs and the mechanisms, making them intricate, yet simple, from simple components. He chose his targets carefully, symbols of technology,, scientists, geneticists, computer shop owners, logging executives, and public relations specialists tied to oil spills. He bombed Boeing and detested the 727 planes flying over his house in Evergreen Park, Addison/Lombard and Lincoln. The noise found him everywhere. So he struck back. He started his revolution in 1971, not 1978. Yes, he hijacked a plane with a bomb and ransomed the passengers for $ 200,000 so that he could retreat to the woods, free from the worries of earning a living doing everyday society work. He brought an altimeter bomb on board and had planned to have it detonate shortly after he parachuted out the back of the plane over Seattle. The plane would have detonated over Boeing Auburn and McChord AFB. The pilots would side-track his plan by refusing to take off with the aft stairs down preventing him from jumping right away. Instead, he delayed the jump, and landed successfully, holding on to the bomb until he could plant it himself in May of 1985. Yes. Ted was DB Cooper.

[@russianthotbot6997]

Ted didn't smoke cigarettes. He doesn't resemble the witnesses descriptions at all. When did Ted learn to skydive so well that he would attempt this stunt? He hated planes, and and never tried to ransom cash . DB Cooper never mentioned anything about the evils of technology to the people on the plane nor did he reference any ideological groups he was connected to, ad he always did in his letters to the fbi. Also if he had pulled this amazing caper off, why would he then completely change his modus operandi and only mail bombs and commit eco terrorists type crimes in his local area. Ted had a big ego and he would have wanted people to know he was dB Cooper after he was arrested and became famous. Ted was most certainly not DB Cooper. DB probably died in that vast forest. A big stack of cash was found years later near where he jumped out at. Why would he leave money like that unless he died and all his stuff was scattered by animals, weather ect. They still have DB's cigarette butts from the plane. It doesn't match Ted's they probably checked that just to rule the unabomber out. They would have loved it if it matched, then they could finally close this infamous case

[@michaelboylan5308]

A great novelist,,,yes, But Nostromo is his greatest novel, And David Lean spent half a lifetime HOT making a film of it, There is a good doco on Leans struggle with Nostromo

[@ghost3990]

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[@gamingpostman1552]

This channel is very different from my own channel but it's nice.