I had a chat with Academy Award-winning director, Errol Morris about his fascinating new Apple TV+ doc, "The Pigeon Tunnel", based on the novel by John le Carré this week. Here we discuss interviews vs. interrogations.
More of the episode at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PM23KGyKq8S8Rx5FdSvpx?si=XDtq6EcpRhuvtu4tDp6NFw
The Pigeon Tunnel Review- The Title Says It All, Morris Delves Deep Into this Man's Life
Error Morris is a celebrated documentarian who has made such films as A Fog of War, Standard Operating Procedure, and A Thin Blue Line. Dealing with politics, the police, and corrupt businesses. His latest film doesn’t deal with as serious subject matter as those. It’s about one of the most beloved authors in English literature John Le Carre aka David Cornwall. He has a lot of secrets he shares…
Spans six decades as John le Carré gives his final and most personal interview, interrupted with rare archival footage and dramatic anecdotes. It is set against the stormy Cold War backdrop that extends into the present day.
Given Errol Morris' style of interviewing his subjects, this is more conversational, almost psychoanalytical, than a traditional, 'events in the life of' doc. Which makes it interesting given the experiences and the work of le Carré.
But it also makes it more subjective. You sometimes wonder to what degree le Carré built a character based on himself. And since it's so much about betrayal, the omission - only briefly covered towards the end with one sentence - of his many affairs is noteworthy, especially in connection with his father.
"O Túnel de Pombos" (the pigeon tunnel) - appleTV+.
Esse filme chegou aqui no Brasil pela Mostra de Cinema de São Paulo. Mas não fui ver no cinema. Em questão de dias estava disponível no streaming da Apple. Usaram a Mostra pra promover o lançamento. Deu certo. Não sabia do documentário sobre o autor John Le Carré, dirigido pelo Errol Morris. Le Carré teve inúmeros livros adaptados para o cinema. Eu acho que nunca li nada dele de fato, mas vi muitas de suas obras.
depois de ver: ótimo documentário que mostra como eventos na infância são carregados por nós pelo resto da vida. Mas tenho a impressão que Morris achou uma maneira de documentar e está perto nela. isso não invalida o conteúdo que ele apresenta.