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Gary Oldman Talks TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY and Shooting THE DARK KNIGHT RISES on IMAX
Had forgotten that this was directed by the guy who did the original 'Let Me in'. Glad he made the English translation move. Guess we can expect more good things.
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Oh yes... even more intrigued now. Let The Right One In was an effin brilliantly directed film.Quote:
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I don't normally go to CNN for reviews, but this is a good read regardless.
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REVIEW: Gary Oldman Sneaks Off with One of the Year's Great Performances in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | Movieline
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy feels both old-fashioned and modern at once. Even though it lives squarely in the moment, it could have been made in the ’70s, for the way it so wholly trusts its audience to keep up with every minute, nearly imperceptible plot turn. It’s like an action movie constructed from glances, suggestions and suppressed sighs rather than gunplay. The picture’s lovely, understated score (by Alberto Iglesias), with its whispering strings and muted trumpets, perfectly suits the movie’s palette of soft mauves and grays. Even the cinematography and production design, by Hoyte Van Hoytema and Maria Djurkovic respectively, speak in a secretive whisper: The movie is rendered in the colors of smoke, though its contours are solid and shapely, a universe of pedestrian office desks, ugly telephones and overflowing ashtrays — aesthetically, this 1970s England probably isn’t as dismal as the Eastern Bloc, but it might be pretty close.
HighDefDiscNews » “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” with Gary Oldman comes to Blu-ray in March
Still hoping to see this in the theater. :/Quote:
In an early alert to retailers Universal has made public their plans to bring the 2011 Tomas Alfredson directed film “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” starring Gary Oldman to Blu-ray Disc on March 20th. Tech specs and bonus materials for the release have yet to be announced but stay tuned. The title is already available for PRE-ORDER over at Amazon with a $24.49 price tag.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Blu-ray
My lame ass still hasn't seen this. :(Quote:
Universal's Blu-ray/UltraViolet Digital Copy combo pack presents the film in its 2.39:1 original aspect ratio with a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track. In addition to Universal's standard HD functionality devices - such as BD-LIVE and pocket BLU - the disc contains a number of special features, such as:
Feature commentary with Tomas Alfredson and Gary Oldman
Behind-the-scenes featurette
Interviews with Tomas Alfredson, Peter Straughan, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, and Tom Hardy
Interview with author John le Carré
Deleted scenes
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy streets on March 20th.
I thought it was an interesting movie with some good performances by the actors. It's very slow though, so be prepared for it. I had a bit of a hard time following their thought process when it cames to the clues and conclusions they reached from said clues. The movie doesn't spell it out for you and challenges you to keep up. I had become so accustomed to black and white flashbacks explaining the conclusion of a mystery that when a movie actually just presented it straight without looking back to fill in the blanks I got stumped. When I get around to watching it again I'll make sure I'm focused :)
Observations on film art : TINKER TAILOR: A guide for the perplexed
Not reading this myself because I haven't seen the film yet, but Bordwell is one of the best writers I've ever come across, so this is probably a good read.
