Article: AFI, Sharing John Le Carre's Secrets Recipe [Correction 5/18/05]

With the possible exception of Thomas Harris, no novelist has had a better run of movie luck than John Le Carre, the British espionage expert. Not only have six of his books gotten the full-frontal, big- budget movie treatment, but two more of them -- the great "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (my vote for best spy novel ever written) and "Smiley's Game" -- got long-form, respectful, nuanced TV treatments, possibly the best method for translating Le Carre's Jamesian prose into images.

The two TV jobs, running about 12 hours apiece, of course are natural for leisurely DVD viewing over a week or so, but not for repertoire showing in popcorn-4-sale venues like the AFI Silver. That's why ...

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