The French have remade Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1953 classic, The Wages of Fear. The film, directed by Julien Leclercq, also called The Wages of Fear, will be available in March on Netflix, and provides a temporary stay of execution in terms of my desire to end our household’s subscription to this otherwise lacklustre streaming service.
Thank you for highlighting films that I love and are almost forgotten and books that people have skipped over. It feels good to meet a fellow soul, lol! I fell in love with John Le Carré a long time ago through a French translation of Tinker Tailor... I was transfixed but got the real shock when I snatched an original English copy of the book, so I grabbed everything I could find from the guy: Call for the Dead, a Murder of Quality, and yes, The Looking Glass War.... For the longest time A Small Town in Germany really hit me where it hurt... don't know why...
Shakedown is also available on YouTube.
Thank you for highlighting films that I love and are almost forgotten and books that people have skipped over. It feels good to meet a fellow soul, lol! I fell in love with John Le Carré a long time ago through a French translation of Tinker Tailor... I was transfixed but got the real shock when I snatched an original English copy of the book, so I grabbed everything I could find from the guy: Call for the Dead, a Murder of Quality, and yes, The Looking Glass War.... For the longest time A Small Town in Germany really hit me where it hurt... don't know why...
Cheers, Martine, glad you enjoyed the post.
Although I am slightly less enthusiastic about Looking Glass than you, it is certainly better than most give it credit. I did a two parter podcast on it here if you’re interested- https://lecarrecast.com/2022/04/18/the-looking-glass-war-by-john-le-carre-explored-part-1/
I am very much interested, Jeff, thanks, I will give it a listen.