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Post by Mattsby on Nov 3, 2017 15:52:34 GMT
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Post by stephen on Nov 3, 2017 15:55:53 GMT
Oh hell yes. Park and John le Carre seem like a match made in heaven.
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Post by Mattsby on Nov 3, 2017 16:10:59 GMT
Oh hell yes. Park and John le Carre seem like a match made in heaven. What're your fav le Carre adaptations? I thought the most recent two Our Kind of Traitor & The Night Manager were kinda weak. And I know there're folks that love the latter. |
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Post by stephen on Nov 3, 2017 16:24:54 GMT
Oh hell yes. Park and John le Carre seem like a match made in heaven. What're your fav le Carre adaptations? I thought the most recent two Our Kind of Traitor & The Night Manager were kinda weak. And I know there're folks that love the latter. and The Spy Who Came In From the Cold are masterpieces, and I quite enjoy The Deadly Affair and the Alec Guinness miniseries. A Most Wanted Man is pretty solid as well, and that final image is one of the most heart-wrenching of the decade. I really don't like The Constant Gardener and I fell asleep twice trying to get through The Night Manager. I also know I've seen Our Kind of Traitor but I don't remember a single thing about it. |
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Post by Mattsby on Nov 3, 2017 16:52:19 GMT
stephen I gotta rewatch Spy Who Came in from the Cold - it just got added to FilmStruck. And I thought A Most Wanted Man was solid too, bit better than expected. I always think about that line PSH says, "It looks like a pen, writes like a pen, listens like a pen."
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Post by stephen on Nov 3, 2017 16:56:22 GMT
stephen I gotta rewatch Spy Who Came in from the Cold - it just got added to FilmStruck. And I thought A Most Wanted Man was solid too, bit better than expected. I always think about that line PSH says, "It looks like a pen, writes like a pen, listens like a pen." I'm not the biggest fan of Richard Burton, but he was goddamn brilliant in The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. If ever you can say he was robbed of a win, it was in '65, not '66. I should also clarify that while I adore the performances in the TV adaptations of Tinker Tailor and Smiley's People, I find it to be rather stodgily directed. Alfredson brought a classiness to the proceedings in his adaptation that worked wonders for me, and I have to tip my hat to Straughan and O'Connor for being able to parse such a labyrinthine tale into a watertight feature script. I expect Park to do the same. |
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Post by Viced on Nov 3, 2017 18:00:05 GMT
What're your fav le Carre adaptations? I thought the most recent two Our Kind of Traitor & The Night Manager were kinda weak. And I know there're folks that love the latter. and The Spy Who Came In From the Cold are masterpieces, and I quite enjoy The Deadly Affair and the Alec Guinness miniseries. A Most Wanted Man is pretty solid as well, and that final image is one of the most heart-wrenching of the decade. I really don't like The Constant Gardener and I fell asleep twice trying to get through The Night Manager. I also know I've seen Our Kind of Traitor but I don't remember a single thing about it. You should really give The Night Manager another go. It gets much better as it goes along, thanks in part to more Laurie and Hollander. Bier really did a great job with it. |
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Post by stephen on Nov 3, 2017 18:10:41 GMT
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Spy Who Came In From the Cold are masterpieces, and I quite enjoy The Deadly Affair and the Alec Guinness miniseries. A Most Wanted Man is pretty solid as well, and that final image is one of the most heart-wrenching of the decade. I really don't like The Constant Gardener and I fell asleep twice trying to get through The Night Manager. I also know I've seen Our Kind of Traitor but I don't remember a single thing about it. You should really give The Night Manager another go. It gets much better as it goes along, thanks in part to more Laurie and Hollander. Bier really did a great job with it. Tom Hollander is such an underrated actor (and as great as Hardy is in it, he pretty well steals Taboo), so I'm amenable to giving it another shot, but damned if it wasn't a slog at the start. |
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Post by Pavan on Nov 3, 2017 19:07:28 GMT
A Park Chan Wook's spy thriller mini series? interesting!
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Post by avnermoriarti on Nov 4, 2017 18:07:59 GMT
Yes ! I think this format would benefit the most for him, he invest so much time to the characters that I can't imagine what he can do, and spies and Florence Pugh, I'm totally on board.
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Post by ibbi on Nov 4, 2017 20:50:06 GMT
Ho
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Shit
Most anticipated.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Nov 6, 2017 15:08:23 GMT
This could be great.
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Post by Viced on Jan 26, 2018 17:59:08 GMT
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Post by wilcinema on Feb 3, 2018 20:51:00 GMT
It starts filming next week next to a friend of mine's house  |
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Post by FrancescoAbides on Feb 3, 2018 22:32:39 GMT
Holy shit Michael Shannon... I'm in
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 18, 2018 18:35:05 GMT
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 18, 2018 18:36:53 GMT
BBC is starting to drop little teasers. Airing this Autumn in the UK. Maybe (hopefully) AMC this year too? Park Chan-wook directing a six-hour epic,  |
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Post by ibbi on Jul 18, 2018 18:43:06 GMT
Skarsgard and Pugh are so born for these roles. They're going to make magic together. Not sure about Shannon, but he's Shannon.
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Post by Pavan on Jul 18, 2018 19:59:11 GMT
I hope it's November and not 2019.
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 29, 2018 5:34:53 GMT
Officially being released this year, yaaaaaaay
from Deadline:
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Post by Mattsby on Aug 21, 2018 17:59:12 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 21, 2018 18:12:30 GMT
Obviously this is a must see event although the original movie with Diane Keaton of it was a fizzle. I never read it but I just watched Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance (54% on Rotten Tomatoes - roflmao, yeah right, like I need another reason to want that site gone forever) and your mind kind of boggles at what the scene composition might be like.
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 8, 2018 19:48:58 GMT
Pugh's voice kinda sounds just like Winslet....
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Post by Pavan on Oct 8, 2018 20:03:57 GMT
Doesn't look like the thing I've been expecting but it's Park Chan Wook and i can't get enough of Florence Pugh.
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Post by stephen on Oct 29, 2018 4:06:01 GMT
If there is a more appropriate and intoxicating matchup of genre and auteur this year than John le Carré and Chan-wook Park, I can't quite place it. The first episode of Park's BBC adaptation of le Carré's The Little Drummer Girl provides a perfect marriage of material and translator, all with a deliciously moody atmosphere. I'd actually say this is the closest thing we'll get to Park's version of Munich, in all that such a lofty comparison represents.
Florence Pugh acquits herself wonderfully as the fiery Charlie, a struggling actress who finds herself mired in a globe-spanning web of intrigue, deceit and espionage. Coming off the heels of her dazzling work in Lady Macbeth, Pugh continues to prove herself to be a powerful talent. Michael Shannon downplays his trademark volatility and brings a shrewdness to his role as Israeli spymaster Martin, coming off as equal parts Kurt Vonnegut and Mark Rylance's Bridge of Spies character. Alexander Skarsgard also finds himself perfectly suited to his role as the man who brings Charlie into the dangerous world of late '70s terrorism.
It remains to be seen if Park will indulge in his Vengeance tendencies of operatic violence, but already we see his grandly glorious style play out in sleek form. The cinematography is breathtaking, evoking the cinematic adaptations of Patricia Highsmith novels as well as the criminally underappreciated BBC series Utopia (a must-watch for anyone!). The first episode isn't fraught with action, but it certainly sparks the fuse to blow the powderkeg.
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