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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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We are in the middle of cold war and here nothing is what it seems. And people from MI6 have to struggle not only with outside threat but most off all with enemy in own ranks. Because in the Circus there is a mole spying for Russian. I refuse to bequeath my life's work to a parade horse. I'm too vain to be flattered, too old to be ambitious, and I'm ugly as a crab. Percy's quite the other way and there are enough with men in Whitehall to prefer his sort to mine."

I found myself agreeing with TimHannigan about Istanbul – and finding his "grubby" explanation convincing. But I think my real reaction was more of a knee-jerk. I was just irritated that they did it differently – which isn't a valid criticism at all, I know. And that leads me to wonder that no matter how I try to rationalise it, my real objection to the film is that it is neither the book, nor the TV series. I see I've missed the novel/film/TV series comparison blog, but for what it's worth I thought all three were equally enjoyable … The TV series exploited that medium's strength for characterisation and dramatic exposition, compressed the plot without losing the essentials and had a stellar cast … The film I found equally well cast, with stunning design and a very effective use of recurring motifs, particularly as the "document lift" at the Circus being echoed by various other chambers throughout … A highly effective shorthand in communicating the claustrophobia of the lives of all concerned.The television adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy also uses the term "burrower" for a researcher recruited from a university, a term taken from the novel's immediate sequel The Honourable Schoolboy.

L’Inghilterra ha una solida tradizione di spionaggio, di spie passate al soldo del nemico (i Cambridge Five, cinque brillanti studenti di buona famiglia tra cui forse Kim Philby è il più noto). A few months ago a stylish looking British adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was released in theaters and I was intrigued. But I knew better. Movies are for smart people. If I had to constantly nudge my wife during Superbad to ask questions like, “so who is that guy again?” and “wait, is she the same one from before?” then I had to admit that seeing this movie would only serve to make me feel very confused and intellectually inadequate. I do better with books. Books explain things. Books are for people who need a little, uh, help in the hand-holding department. So like any other self-respecting moron, I decided to read the book instead (or at least, before seeing the movie)—that way I could have everything explained to me nice, nice.When my friend asked me to go with him to see Tinker Tailor, I told him it was not possible. I explained my reasoning while he nodded agreeably, accepting my oddities without judgment. But then he said, “I think you’ll find this to be an exception to your rule. In this particular case, you’re going to want to have seen this movie before reading the book. Trust me.” What. A Freaking. Liar.

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