In the new film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, opening in Seattle this Friday, Gary Oldman plays George Smiley, a retired spy called back to try to discover a mole within his old organization. When Oldman was in Seattle recently, he had a chance to talk to me, along with Allie Hanley of Culture Mob and Jason Roestel of The Examiner. As expected, he was a delight. Below is the transcript of that interview. Warning: some spoilers ahead (but not about who the mole is).
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An Appreciation – Children of Men
The beginning of Alfonso Cuaron’s great film, Children of Men (2006), is like a cinematic wake up call, slapping us right in the face to gain our attention. We see a man in a coffee shop ordering a drink. A group of people huddle together, tensely watching a televised news broadcast. This is a world that has fallen into chaos, but while everyone clamors to see what is happening to their society, this man simply shrugs it off, grabs his drink, and starts heading out of the shop. But what he doesn’t realize is that his world is quickly shrinking, and that very soon he’ll have to make a choice to do something about it or succumb to oblivion. In one unbroken shot, we see the man walk out into the busy street, and then, all of a sudden, a large explosion erupts from the very shop he was in just moments before. The problems of humanity have caught up to him, and now he must act.
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Episode 68 – The Magic of Harry Potter
A look back at the history of Harry Potter in advance of the release of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part I, a discussion of Paul Haggis’ career before the release of The Next Three Days, and the episode closes out with the DVD picks of the week.
