Duplicity, paranoia, espionage, anxiety... All that and more can be found in John Le Carré’s spellbinding Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979). It’s the classic Cold War spy novel that inspired a generation...to keep their day jobs (since real spying is a lot of reading, interviewing people, and doing British old man swimming in rivers. Actually… the swimming sounds nice…)

 

Film released in 2011.

Director: Tomas Alfredson

Starring: every British actor ever

 

Show Notes

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carré - Book
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) - Blu-ray
• The author, John Le Carré (aka David John Moore Cornwell) said the following about his career: “Let me tell you a few things about myself… In the old days it was convenient to bill me as a spy turned writer. I was nothing of the kind. I am a writer who, when I was very young, spent a few ineffectual but extremely formative years in British Intelligence.”
• Le Carré’s take on the adaptation
• Keeping track of the characters is rough… here is some help, courtesy of Collider
• Director Tomas Alfredson is not on social media… Maybe spam the movie studio, StudioCanal?

 

Hosts

• Jeff Rosenbaugh: @jeffrsnbgh
• Michael Perkins: @perkins_michael
• Kyle Smith: @kylejsmithers

 

Podcast Information

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• Opening and Closing theme by Aesop Rock

 

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