Saturday, November 23, 2019

The Man in the High Castle Season Four 2019

     This series is based on a novel by Philip K. Dick.  There are four seasons in this series and the years are 2015 to 2019.  The setting is a dystopian America in 1962 dominated by Nazi Germany on the East coast and Imperial Japan on the west coast.  In the middle of the two zones is a neutral zone.  Everyone believes that the Allied Powers lost WWII.  The Man in the High Castle character is Stephen Root as Hawthorne Abendsen.  He is the head of the American antifascist resistance.  He has created films set in other worlds.  The resistance wants to view all the films to learn the truth about the Nazi and Japanese occupations.  The Nazi and Japanese Governments believe nothing in these films is true.  When they discover a film, they burn it, arrest and usually kill the person in possession of the film.   
     The previous three seasons have been complicated and season four may be more complicated than the others!!  There is a LOT going on and there is the added purpose of presenting the conclusion.  Many characters have fallen by the wayside but there are plenty left!!  I did not know how each season would end!!  5* (I really liked this series)
Each episode is one hour long, Drama created by Frank Spotnitz with Alexa Davalos, Joel de la Fuente, Rufus Sewell, Chelah Horsdal, Brennan Brown, Gracyn Shinyei, Genea Charpentier, Arnold Hun, Quinn Lord, Jason O’Mara.

Note:  Imdb 8.1 out of 10 with 70,813 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 89% critic 68% audience, Amazon 2.9* out of 5* with 1047 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in Monroe, Washington.  Extensive research was done for the cultures.  Particular attention was given to the areas of costuming, technology and music.  The opening theme song is Edelweiss from the musical Sound of Music.  This would never have been written if the Nazis had won the war.  Hohenwerfen Castle in Austria was used for the Fuhrerhauptquartier, Hitler’s personal castle, stronghold and command center.  The castle had previously been used as a Nazi stronghold in the film Where Eagles Dare 1968. 

Titles for Season Four:  Hexagram 64, Every Door Out, The Box, Happy Trails, Mauvaise For, All Serious Daring, No Masters But Ourselves, Hitler Has Only Got One Ball, For Want of a Nail, Fire from the Gods. 

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