Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Way to Fall

A proper video this time! A video which, we hope, captures the melancholy mood of the book & the adaptation, and highlights the essentially tragic story of the people who were betrayed - to whatever degree - by Karla's mole.

The song is "Way to Fall" by Starsailor.

Comments very welcome!


(Appologies to Fawn, but there was just no space.)

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• John le Carre
• BBC
• Cold War
• Spy
• Mole
• Smiley
• Karla
• Alec Guiness
• Patrick Stewart
• Ian Richardson
• Sian Phillips
• Joss Ackland
• George Smiley
• Bill Haydon
• Jim Prideaux
• Toby Esterhase
• Peter Guillam
• Ricki Tarr
• Percy Alleline
• Roy Bland

[sirasaga]

Fantastic job! i'm reading the book right now and it's amazing. Starsailor is one of my fav bands ;)

[Lunettarose]

@sirasaga Oh, thank you! That's very kind :)

Yeah, the book's brilliant, isn't it? ...And Starsailor too, of course ;)

[PhysicsForTheFuture]

Uh. . . You took a cool series and stuck some random ballad on it. Wow. That's truly art, that is. Buy your ticket to Hollywood.

[Lunettarose]

@PhysicsForTheFuture

Um… OK.

If you think it’s random, then you haven’t listened to the lyrics – or maybe you haven’t read enough John le Carré. Either way, we never dressed the video up as art (and since when has Youtube been about that in any case?) and since your contribution to this “artistic community” is a playlist of other people's work, I think I’d quite like it if you shut up now, OK?

[TiredSong]

Great job, man. This is one of my favourite songs. I've watched the film twice, which I think is absolutely fantastic; is this TV series recommended?

[Lunettarose]

@TiredSong

Thank you so much! What nice comments :)

I love this song too (though I confess, I only heard it through playing MGS3).

In answer to your question, yes the series is recommended! It's very good, very involving. The acting is of a high standard.

I haven't seen the movie, but the series is 5+ hours long, so I expect it moves at a slower pace than the film, but it is still exciting and very moving in places (especially Jim Prideaux's story).

So yeah, enjoy!

And the book is good, too!

[TiredSong]

@Lunettarose Thanks, I actually read the book before watching the film; but had no idea there was this series. And yeah. Metal Gear Solid 3 ending credits, I know exactly what you mean. :)

[Lunettarose]

@dewy200884

You're so right! They don't make 'em like that anymore.

[dewy200884]

love the old brit tv shows.. nw its all the shitty reality shows & other craps..

[Lunettarose]

@TheKristobald Thank you so much! What lovely comments :) Really glad you liked it!!