Review of The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965) by Kjetil H — 20 Jan 2008
In 1965, the James Bond film franchise was only a couple years old, but had already made a huge impact on pop culture. The films portrayed the life of a British spy as glamorous, and exciting. Where the only distraction from playing baccarat and drinking martinis was shooting the occasional SPECTRE agent, or insane billionaire who wants to melt all of the gold in Fort Knox. And oh... the gadgets.
But out of the Bond era came this quiet picture. Based on the John Le Carre novel, "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" is a much darker, more accurate representation of what Cold War espionage really entails.
The protagonist is as far from Bond as you get. Not the dashing secret agent flying in on jet pack with a Union Jack parachute, but a cold, embittered asshole who doesn't much care why he's doing what he's doing. Albeit knowing he has to do it well, without actually knowing what it is he has to do. Complicated? Gloriously so. You never really quite know who's using who until the end of the movie, when everything falls together perfectly.
See it. Now.
This review of The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965) was written by Kjetil H on 20 Jan 2008.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold has generally received very positive reviews.
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