Watching Tinker Tailor Solider Spy again at the weekend, I
was reminded just how rare such solid, intriguing films are. TTSS was rewarded
at the Baftas, and rightly so, because it’s an acting master-class: a showcase
for great actors such as Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, John Hurt and Toby Stephens.
The plot is dense and requires complete attention, but this effort pays off
because of the rich characters and subtle moods that build to a great finale.
Tomas Alfredson’s previous film, the child- vampire classic Let the Right One In, was similarly
well-made, and both films are really about human relationships rather than
their superficial subjects of spies or supernatural beings.
I wouldn’t hold my
breath for more adaptations of John Le Carre’s other George Smiley novels –
it’s not the sort of film to spawn a number of sequels – but fingers crossed!
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