On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> This came out a couple of months ago in Britain, and will clear up at >>> the BAFTAs for sure. >>> >>> I came at this as someone who loves the books - and pretty much anything >>> Le Carré has written over the years. And in particular, I absolutely adored >>> the Alec Guinness adaptation from the late 70s and early 80s for the BBC >>> and PBS (Smiley's People followed Tinker Tailor - they missed out making >>> The Honourable Schoolboy which was the second in the "Karla" trilogy). And >>> I was a bit uncertain what to expect despite the talent lined up for this >>> film. >>> >>> Indeed before going to see the new film, I rewatched the 7 hour >>> mini-series. Now obviously a story which is told over 7 hours is going to >>> be a somewhat different beast when it's cut down to 2 hours. And the TV >>> series was essentially a "contemporary" one compared to what's now a period >>> piece. >>> >>> But I absolutely loved the film. >>> >>> >> Okay - this is the review I was hoping to read - since it confirms my biases I will go with it untiil I get to see it for myself. le Carre really does at times (and those times include the Karla triology) transcend genre, and enters into true literature. I would certainly put TTSS, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People up there with any other literature that might be nominated as defining novels of the post-war/cold war era (I like them a hell of a lot better, both as stories and as literature, then something like Updike's Rabbit novels). If this version of TTSS is as good as I hope (and as Adam suggests here) then it will be an unforgiveable sin if they skil HS and go right to SP. I love the BBC productions too, but I always thought that anyone who just saw those and never read HS would not fully understand the quality of the relationships, and the sense of despair and disillusionment that pervades SP. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
