http://blog.booklistonline.com/2010/07/11/reading-the-screen-more-tinkering-with-john-le-carre/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2010/07/11/reading-the-screen-more-tinkering-with-john-le-carre/comment-page-1/#comment-503870 Bill Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:13:23 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=5713#comment-503870 Oldham is good, but I can’t abide the idea of anyone else playing George Smiley: Guinness defined the role to such a degree that even le Carre once said he saw the actor in his mind when he imagined his own character. Disagree just a bit, too, with the notion that Sean Connery was “merely good” in Russia House. I’d argue that’s one of the best le Carre movies (and one of the best post-Smiley novels),and Connery is the best part: the individual human being who takes on the bureaucrats and wins.

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2010/07/11/reading-the-screen-more-tinkering-with-john-le-carre/comment-page-1/#comment-502827 Keir Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:12:03 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=5713#comment-502827 Tantalizing news. Oldman is always watchable, and Let the Right One In is one of my new favorite movies. Can’t wait to see the results!

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