Mission Impossible was a winner from the start. Their pilot episode was bound to hook people.
I have got to hand it to the people behind the original Mission Impossible series. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds, good luck. Don't miss the best episodes : "The mind of Stephan Miklos", "Live bait" and "The interrogator". The devious methods of the IMF agents are always delightful and clever. Anyway, the whole show is about simulacrum. I like the tension and the suspense created by silent actions. I like the use of the time warp concept in "Operation Rogosh" and the role of Fritz Weaver as the paranoid Soviet Union spy trapped in a fake Russian prison which is in California. Every details are planned in advance to fool and get rid of the enemy. The show is an impeccable and Machiavellian play.
What I like the most is first the ritual : the tape, the dossier and the apartment briefing, then the fast-paced clips as credits, the character of Martin Landau with his masks and gimmicks, the cinematography (very quick cuts, extreme close ups as inserts, the use of special lenses, pan-and-tilt shots, upside-down camera shots, hand-held camera shots, optical zoom shots as dramatic effects), the skillful montage, and finally, the music and its various themes. What makes this show so unique ? It is its storyline, its characters, its visual style and its music : a real trade mark. "Mission : impossible" is the most complex espionage series ever conceived.
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