Nothing can destroy my faith. No one can take away my knowledge. For Burgess Meredith (in his third "Twilight Zone" episode), it his desire for the pride of his knowledge and faith to keep the Chancellor of a totalitarian government from taking that away from him without his permission. Labeled as obsolete, Meredith is sentenced to die with him being allowed to choose how he is to be executed. The Chancellor (Fritz Weaver in a commanding performance that hides his fear of being exposed) is brought into Meredith's home arrest for a battle of wits with the world watching. Weaver makes mention of previous generations of evil leaders who failed in their attempts at totalanariamism then finds out how Meredith has beaten him at his own game.
Ingenious in every way possible, this is the perfect vengeance against cool, calm and collected leaders who turn into blithering cowards as their lack of justice has turned against them. It is certainly potent nearly 60 years later in an uncertain world where mentions of novels by George Orwell and Ray Bradbury are constantly mentioned. that's certainly was true in the turbulent early 60s as well, and it gets more chilling as we begin to see a clock ticking down the seconds towards destiny facing both men. Meredith never shirks his faith in a world that has denied the existence of God and where only power hungry man is in control. Two powerful actors show their genius, and one thing is clear: as artists, neither are obsolete.
Ingenious in every way possible, this is the perfect vengeance against cool, calm and collected leaders who turn into blithering cowards as their lack of justice has turned against them. It is certainly potent nearly 60 years later in an uncertain world where mentions of novels by George Orwell and Ray Bradbury are constantly mentioned. that's certainly was true in the turbulent early 60s as well, and it gets more chilling as we begin to see a clock ticking down the seconds towards destiny facing both men. Meredith never shirks his faith in a world that has denied the existence of God and where only power hungry man is in control. Two powerful actors show their genius, and one thing is clear: as artists, neither are obsolete.