The Honorary Consul [DVD]

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The Falklands/Malvinas War apparently prompted a last-minute filming relocation to Mexico, which doesn’t hurt anything I can see. That all the Latins speak English instead of Spanish is not a plus. Bob Hoskins is excellent as usual as the interesting Colonel Perez, another in a long line of compromised Graham Greene policemen in a police state, but his utter British-ness further tilts us toward a ‘movie’ context, away from sordid political reality. Spoken by the essentially likable Hoskins, Perez’s excuse for his brutalities isn’t as hard as it should be: “The way I look at it, if a country hands itself over to the irrationals, it’s every man for himself”. Nowhere else do we see Perez admitting any disagreement with the oppressive status quo. Caine issued a public call to be cast in a movie about the Hatton Garden job, and the result was pretty classy, compared with most of the geezer-gangster landfill of the past two decades. Caine skilfully brings out the inner desolation of his character even if the surrounding film’s attempt to humanise the robbers never quite hits high gear. 43. The Magus (1968) In a conversation with Nicholas Shakespeare, Graham Greene once named 'The Honorary Consul' as his favourite among all his novels, "..because the characters change and that is very difficult to do."

Siamo nel nord dell’Argentina, qualche anno prima che la dittatura facesse scomparire (desaparecidos) trentamila persone scaraventandole da aerei (i voli della morte) al largo nell’oceano Atlantico dopo averle rapite torturate stuprate. This was an exemplary read. Comedic indictments of the Latin ideal of machismo, kidnappers who are absolutely no good at kidnapping, the consistently volatile political situation of Latin American countries, the lonely emptiness of the ex-pat, and the utter worthlessness of one man's life when viewed through a Utilitarian framework: all of these themes find expression in Greene's Honorary Consul. With Karl Malden in Billion Dollar Brain. Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto 32. Billion Dollar Brain (1967)

malnutrition is much safer for the rich than starvation. Starvation makes a man desperate. Malnutrition makes him too tired to raise a fist. The Americans understand that well... Our people do not starve - they wilt.”

Starring: Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Elpidia Carrillo, Joaquim de Almeida, A Martinez, Stephanie Cotsirilos, Domingo Ambriz, Geoffrey Palmer, Jorge Russek, Erika Carlsson, George Belanger.

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An interesting step away from the sardonic thrillers and swinging-60s material that had made Caine a star. A sweaty, deep-south melodrama for Hollywood heavyweight director Otto Preminger, Caine played a racist speculator trying to diddle sharecroppers out of their land. One of the first signs that Caine was aiming for something bigger. 27. Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) The Honorary Consul’ is intriguing and compelling – the unrelenting tension builds throughout. Apparently this was one of Green’s favourite of his own novels, the reason being given as the way the characters change throughout the course of the story.

Director of Research Development and Innovation, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust