Also it's La Mer, which Beyond the Sea was based on
Ah, got it, wasn't sure which direction it went. A great use of music, all this lush French chattiness and sweeping style and everything over images of crushed people and Smiley perversely triumphant.
Bordwell did a follow up post, BTW:
http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2012/02/20/tinker-tailor-once-more-tradecraft/
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
Also I'm amused by this interview just because of the photo -- damn does Alfredsson look out of place:
http://smhttp.14409.nexcesscdn.net/806D5E/wordpress-live/images/TTSS.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
reading Mailer's Harlot's Ghost at the moment makes me wonder what an adaptation would be like.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think it wd be a good idea
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 1 April 2012 11:49 (twelve years ago) link
btw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mer_(song)
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
started listening to the commentary last night (alfredsson and oldman), it's a bit sparse but lots of great stuff.
btw i think the wooden gizmo is a wedge for improving the stability of Prideaux' caravan, quite possibly as per the book.
― Dios mio! This kid is FUN to hit! (Noodle Vague), Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:20 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wd've liked it a bit denser and darker tbh
― Dios mio! This kid is FUN to hit! (Noodle Vague), Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:21 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Jeez, give him a break, he worked hard on it
― epistantophus, Saturday, 21 April 2012 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
This film was magnificent.
― Acute puppy syndrome (admrl), Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:04 (twelve years ago) link
yes it is perfection
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 21 April 2012 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/gskk2.png
― mick signals, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idUjpNL53RE
― caek, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
that = pure cinema.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
this film was poop
― DG, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/Smiley-1-300.jpg http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/Smiley-2.jpg
― caek, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
God the ending of this movie is so fucking good
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 20 May 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
OTM
― piscesx, Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
u mad
― DG, Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
great movie
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 20 May 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
mark strong kills me in that clip every time.
― Hungry4Ass, Sunday, 20 May 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
DG i believe it is "u" who is the one who is "mad" in this instance
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
and ya the way m-strong kind of adjusts himself after noticing colin firth looking at him is about as good as it gets
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
i dance like esterhase in that clip
― caek, Monday, 21 May 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
move like esterhase
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
nah s1ocki this film was crap
― DG, Monday, 21 May 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
hmm, guess i overlooked that inconvenient lil fact
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 21 May 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
yes
― DG, Monday, 21 May 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
if i've read the karla trilogy and spy who came in from the cold can i basically read whatever le carre i want next?
― caek, Monday, 21 May 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
Just finished reading Smiley's People a couple days ago and I really hope that movie actually happens. Funny to read through all the long slow conversations and imagine how they would have to be cut down to 45 seconds of screen time.
― raw feel vegan (silby), Monday, 21 May 2012 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
the miniseries isn't as good as TTSS but still vg
― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 21 May 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
did it use everyday people as its theme song
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 21 May 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
no
― max, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7s
what if it did tho
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 21 May 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
max tell me what to read next
― caek, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
you could read a perfect spy, i guess. but youve finished all the best ones i think.
― max, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
i read tinker tailor so that i would have read it before i saw this movie and now i feel like i need to read everything. that book rules.
― horseshoe, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
yeah reading around i get the impression there's not a lot to choose between the rest of his stuff, and that's not because it's all 5*
― caek, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
has anyone complained that gary oldman is too skinny to be george smiley? oldman was good, but i felt a little let down.
― horseshoe, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
I couldn't finish the novel but I'll try again soon. My library copy, which smelled awful, looked like it'd been in a dog's mouth.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
everything else ive read is "eminently readable" and sometimes p good but none of it is as engaging or smart as TTSS or TSWCIFTC. perfect spy has its moments but is really long and most of it is not really about spying just about a thinly veiled version of JLC's dad
― max, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
le carre does mention smiley's belly and chins a lot
― caek, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
ok i guess i will buy the next one i see in a shop that is not one of those early detective stories
― caek, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
I own The Tailor of Panama. Should I read it?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
tailor of panama is decent
― max, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
i feel like i've confused constant gardener and blood diamonds
― caek, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
I tried Tailor of Panama a couple of months ago and didn't get far. My attention kept wandering; might have been my problem and not the book.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
Slightly off-topic, but if you exhaust the Le Carre spy goodness, Peter Wright's "Spycatcher" is a good real-life fix
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
i have so much trouble with le carre's writing and i'm not sure what it is, i've started TTSS and perfect spy at different times and i just can't get through them. i have to read some of his sentences three/four times before i can figure out what he's saying. everyone loves him so it's got to be a personal block.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
for a guy who has a rep as a "beach read" kind of writer, le carre is sort of boring. i think in a good way!
― max, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I read John Banville's The Untouchable in one gulp and loved it and the guy's a mandarin compared to Le Carre.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link