"The Potsmith, Tailor, Soldier, Spy": The Night Banquet of Han Xizai in Yuanchang

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Nowadays, there are more company annual meetings. As the end of the year comes, beautiful women in costumes and generous prizes are coming. However, in MI6 in the 1960s, the intelligence elites of the British Empire who kept a low profile could only have fun at the annual meeting. It was really not like the colorful life of Bond that outsiders imagined. The recurring passages of the Christmas party in Smiley's memories, just like Gu Hongzhong's night banquet, became the most eye-catching part of the movie.

I haven’t read the original work because of this: I can disregard the character image portrayed in the original work and leave the film unreported, no matter how the textualists say that Gary Oldman is not in line with the life image of the humpty old man in the original work. . However, I can admire the magical touches in the movie, such as the Christmas party that was clearly set up to explain the relationship and character of the characters. The first part of the banquet, "Listening to Music" and "Watching Dance", is not the beginning of the party. Everyone sang songs from the turntable. Did Ann and Bill Haydon meet? In a section of "Rest", Han Xizai flirts with the maid. Isn’t it the ironic Soviet national anthem where Smiley sees the climax of Ann and Haydon’s affair? And in the last "Banquet", John Hurt couldn't hide his oldness and yawning, the end of the song was a mess, the only sincere smile Haydon showed to Jim in the whole show, and the last sweet French song In the song, there is a drop of blood and a tear on the face.

The small scenes in this big era are even politically allegorical. The "My lovely boys" cherished by Connie, the queen of the research team, is a golden age that is gone forever. They even miss the war, because in the war, "the British still have something to be proud of." On the way back at the sunset, Endfield is no longer the center of the world. The pound house requires the approval of the minister. They are not omnipotent Bonds. Bill Haydon would ride a bicycle to work and pick up girls, even a veteran scalping veteran-the operation team leader Peter Gulliem was so nervous that his hands trembled when he went to steal documents; the scheming Smiley needed it before finally closing the net. Chewing gum to stabilize the mood, their start is no different from ordinary people, they will make most of the mistakes they make, and they will also fall into the quagmire of emotions. Smiley's wife became his biggest weakness in his life, almost ruining his career, and when he tried to persuade Peter Gulliem to clean up the door as a past person, the scene of his breakup with gays was also moving. And the last pair—the shot, which was almost acquiesced by the deceased, showed the "impure friendship" sacrificed under life and values. Thinking of the black and white photo in Connie's photo album that embraced and laughed, it was embarrassing.

The best thing the Swedish director Tomas Alfredson did in this play is to express the character and feelings of the characters in a few strokes, like a line drawing, staring at the actor's face with magnified close-ups and close shots, and the slightest expression is captured in the lens. Fortunately, there is nothing else in the British Empire. There are still a lot of outstanding actors. Almost all outstanding actors are paid under the command of them. It is simply a celebration of the stars! Just watching the drama between them is worth the fare. Colin Firth’s true feelings and false feelings at the end are true. Gary Oldman recalls his sculptural expression when he tried to counter Kara, John Hurt’s domineering and powerless, Tom Hardy’s reckless but affectionate, and Benedict Cumberbatch. At first, I really went to see Holmes, who is very hot recently. Later, I discovered that his performance is more of his own than Holmes. Holmes has too many limitations. Even if it is good, it is all in There are many elements like the original character and the tribute to Jemery Brett, which is too sample performance; and here, it may be the role requirement, I think he is more straightforward than in Sherlock. By the way, the second young lady from Downton Abbey also made a soy sauce in it. Although it is not like the sparks of a group show like Gosford Manor, it uses the change of time and space to pass through everyone and the scene of each scene, which is the skill of the night banquet in the round field. The smoke rises and the wine smokes. Behind the sky is the helplessness of the scene, and the short smiles that really soothe the soul can only be hidden in the corner of the yellow album.

(The current information seems to be more translated into circus, but the translated novels I have read before are all called Yuanchang. I don’t know which is more correct. I like the name Yuanchang myself. Very spy, very mysterious.)

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy quotes

  • [Alleline's telex arrives from London]

    Ricki Tarr: Read it aloud.

    Ben: "Personal for Tarr from Alleline: require clarification before meeting your request. Quote, 'information vital to safeguarding of the Circus', unquote, does not qualify, send further information."

    Ricki Tarr: [laughing maniacally] That's the way, Percy boy! You keep stalling. I warn you, Ben, we've got some really lousy people in this outfit, I wouldn't trust a fucking one of them!

  • Percy Alleline: The Minister agrees with me that too many secrets are blowin' around here. Too much failure, too many scandals, too little solid intelligence.

    Roy Bland: Percy does have a point, Control. We should be fighting communism, not each other.

    Percy Alleline: Well, we're losing our reputation. Our partners.

    Control: [scoffs] Your bloody Yanks!

    Percy Alleline: And we've had enough! There's going to be changes.

    Easterhase: We need to decide if we want to be part of the past or part of the future.

    Control: I should have left you where I found you.

    Easterhase: Look!

    Roy Bland: Control-...

    Control: Out! All of you!