Foyles War Season 8
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
We are now in the murky post- war world of Anglo -Soviet relations, where all is not what it seems and the rules of the new Great Game are being defined.In episode I, Foyle, returning home from America, is recruited by the singular Miss Pierce [ looking like a latter day Lotte Lenya in her role as Rosa Kelbb] to work for MI5 and expose a Soviet Spy ring in London among physicists, who are horrified by the moral implications of their own invention: the nuclear bomb.Episode II deals with Foyle’s discovery of a facility where Soviet codes are intercepted but which is in fact used in a much more sinister capacity. This time the lines are drawn between Soviet sympathizers, the upholders of Britain’s ruling class, and fine people like Foyle who truly believe in the democratic process of justice.The last episode, in which MI5 is discovered protecting a high ranking SS officer useful in exposing Soviet methods of espionage, carries the most weight in its moral and ethical implications, prompting Foyle to ask the question, ‘How do our methods and intentions differ from those of the Nazis?’am, now all grown up and married, joins Foyle in his investigations, bringing her own sunny charm to a very dark period in history.The sets are bleak, the mood depressive, the people poor and many are uncertain that they are still on the side of right despite their disgust of Stalin’s methods. Very Interesting and still cheaper than the price of a movie ticket.- lily t.
Of all the very good to excellent British Detective shows both older and new Foyle’s War Season 8 is for me in my Top 3 of all time. I am fascinated at the skill set’s of the writers and most especially Mr. Kitchen for his sheer acting genius at being able to shift from his standard role in the first seven seasons to an almost new character in Season 8. I watched the entire season in one sitting which for an older frump is quite a feat. I had the expectation following Season 7 that there was no place for the show to go that would be worthwhile. Was I ever wrong! I loved every minute and all that more so for happily being dead wrong! I only hope there is a Season 9, 10 and so on. A GREAT job by everyone involved with the series.- S. B. S. plus Woofey
Foyle’s War was fascinating at its first viewing. It still is. Every time we watch the whole series — once a year or so — we find new nuances we missed before. We especially appreciate watching the characters (and the actors) develop and mature — in fact, the plot line seems almost an excuse for allowing us to visit with them and see what they’ve been up to in the intervening months or years. Each set has built upon its predecessors organically and believably.
Set 8 is the darkest of them all, but the Cold War and its ancillary world events were darker and morally more problematic than anything faced during WWII, however much Anthony Horowitz always kept a sharp focus on those moral issues against the background of a world at war in which the lines between Good and Evil were clearer. In Set 8 there are no clear lines. Only Foyle’s moral compass seems to be functioning at a time when moral compromise in the name of Political Good is the rule.
Some may be uncomfortable or distracted by this sense of moral ambiguity. But that’s how it was. Horowitz is accurately describing the times in creating the milieu for his cast of characters.
Make sure to watch the interviews with Horowitz accompanying each episode. He articulately sets the context for his dramas.- I. J. Black
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks
Directors: Stuart Orme, Andy Hay
Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 3
Rated: NR Not Rated
Studio: ACORN MEDIA
DVD Release Date: April 14, 2015
Run Time: 276 minutes
ASIN: B00QG6IESM
