zachvat , 2 months ago Idle Movies Thought: I'd trade modern 10 action thrillers for one good spy movie. #movies
Idle Movies Thought: I'd trade modern 10 action thrillers for one good spy movie.
#movies
JamesLonghurst , 2 months ago @zachvat There are so many Le Carre novels that have not been adapted. I understand that studios are scared to make "Honourable Schoolboy" because of the China politics, but I still think it would be a banger. Hell pick up an Eric Ambler or Alan Furst; none on the big screen AFAIK.
@zachvat There are so many Le Carre novels that have not been adapted.
I understand that studios are scared to make "Honourable Schoolboy" because of the China politics, but I still think it would be a banger.
Hell pick up an Eric Ambler or Alan Furst; none on the big screen AFAIK.
zachvat OP , 2 months ago @JamesLonghurst I've read all of John le Carré, I think. Even the last short novel published after this death. Agreed. We need more made into movies. Thankfully, the BBC original Tinker, Tailor and Smiley's People are still on YouTube, last I checked (and watched). I'm an old Cold War type.
@JamesLonghurst
I've read all of John le Carré, I think. Even the last short novel published after this death.
Agreed. We need more made into movies.
Thankfully, the BBC original Tinker, Tailor and Smiley's People are still on YouTube, last I checked (and watched). I'm an old Cold War type.
JamesLonghurst , 2 months ago @zachvat yeah the Alec Guinness stuff is great. But I think you could completely restart with an update of the Richard Burton "Spy who came in from the cold" and make a whole Le Carre-verse. No I changed my mind, start with "A Small Town in Germany"
@zachvat
yeah the Alec Guinness stuff is great.
But I think you could completely restart with an update of the Richard Burton "Spy who came in from the cold" and make a whole Le Carre-verse.
No I changed my mind, start with "A Small Town in Germany"
zachvat OP , 2 months ago @JamesLonghurst I'm not opposed to a remake of Cold, but it would be hard to beat the original! Still, were it to set off a reboot of John le Carré stuff, I'm in! (I used to live in a really small town in Germany.)
I'm not opposed to a remake of Cold, but it would be hard to beat the original!
Still, were it to set off a reboot of John le Carré stuff, I'm in!
(I used to live in a really small town in Germany.)