There is one theme I will never tire with, Cold War Spy Sagas. In terms of classics you cant really go past Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, a film based on British novelist John le Carrie’s book of the same title. Arguably the best Spy novelist of our time, Le Carrie takes us on a journey of intrigue, misdirection, madness and misplaced loyalties. It’s a tale that really lifts the veil of a highly confident and organised intelligence service and exposes the frailties of a group of educated men and women who struggle with the transition from a traditional war front to one full of ambiguity and self doubt.
This is no James Bond, and this is a good thing. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a movie about real cold war espionage and the first generation of intelligence officials who, amongst their broken lives and personal struggles, fought an ambiguous game of cat and mouse with their Russian counterparts. The beauty of this story is its misleading storyline. Much like the misinformation these spies were dealing with, the viewer is often left questioning their own assumptions of who is the mole. Read the rest of this entry »
