It’s impossible to see Jim’s actions as driven by ideology or duty. We know, as Jim kills the man we assume was once his lover, that he experiences Bill’s betrayal not to Queen and country, but as a betrayal of the heart. - Joanna Di Mattia, Senses of Cinema
COLIN FIRTH and MARK STRONG as BILL HAYDON and JIM PRIDEAUX in TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (2011) dir. Tomas Alfredson
“He came to warn you, Smiley thought; because he loved you… Jim was watching your back right till the end.”
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - John le Carré
(Song - Poison - Cavetown)
do we know if Bill was faking it when he got called into the office the night Jim was shot? I've always found his reaction quite wrenching in all versions of the story, but it occurred to me that Le Carre might want us to think that he had inside info about the incident coming in & was pretending to be all surprised and torn up about his best buddy possibly being shot dead for appearances' sake
First of all, I want to apologise for only just now replying. I was in the middle of exams when I received your message, and then have had a lot of health-related nonsense distracting me, so it’s taken a while for me to get to this.
There’s a long answer and a short answer to this one.
The short answer is no. We don’t really know, and there’s no 100% right or wrong answer here, at least not entirely.
As for the long answer, which is more akin to “What is my interpretation?”….
“ On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, A partridge in a pear tree.“
Pride and Prejudice (1995) - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Haydeaux - Teacher!Au
do i fucking look like i have any impulse control?!
Old drawing about Jim and Bill
Circus meeting minutes c. 1960 in A Legacy of Spies, making me upset
And his fancy that he was being followed? What of that? What of the shadow he never saw, only felt, till his back seemed to tingle with the intensity of his watcher’s gaze; he saw nothing, heard nothing, only felt. He was too old not to heed the warning. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
characters not based on the movie, just drew them how i pictured them while reading! except bill… i’ll draw colin firth anytime.
Before the storm by tyakki
ビルジム…😭
Oct, 2016 / TTSS risograph
June, 2016 :: TTSS Fanbook “Heliograph” (unfinished) :: sample2
poorer cap quality vs actual jerry westerby - worth it? vote now
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