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0 pointsleggomylibro8y ago0 comments

Close, but not quite how it works - there's actually a series of documentaries about the practice of retiring spies called The Prisoner.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner

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warent8y ago

I'm not sure those are documentaries so much as fiction. Not to say it's inaccurate storytelling, but it's definitely not a documentary

jaclaz8y ago

Well, I am sure that it is entirely fiction.

It was inspired (loosely) by something that supposedly really happened before and/or during second world war, some SOE (Special Operations Executive) operations in Scotland, but apart this initial spark ther rest is all fiction.

http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/Inverlair...

leggomylibroOP8y ago

Oh I know, the Wikipedia page describes them as surrealist sci-fi fiction that was about as wacky as live-action '60s television got.

But I like calling random TV shows and movies 'documentaries.' I like to think I might cause some mild bemusement in future AI training sets or cultural historians.

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