Yes! We are completely lost in the "misinformation age". My goodness I have so enjoyed reading and watching these many novels. Smiley is an amazing creation. Thank you David.
As a person who was employed in security and intelligence, le carre displays how this world is made up of ordinary people, not James Bond at all, it's a tedious professional with no celebration or friends outside of the service
This was very well done 👍👍❤️. For Uber fans of the man, the 2023 documentary The Pigeon Tunnel is truly an excellent biography of this legendary author.
Being in the right place is not enough to write an excellent book. Millions of people witnessed the same historic event as John le Carré. But no one has written anything fictional so memorable about that troubled reality in which a shadow world of a few shapes history and hides under the sunny world in which everyone else lives. Carré was in the "right mental and emotional state" when he wrote the book, and that's what made the difference.
The heavy background music ruined it for me. I almost couldn’t hear the reader. CZcamsrs are generally bad with background music and should stop trying to use it. Write content you don’t have to cover up.
I just finished the recent collection of his letters, which was edited by his son Tim, who died shortly after finishing it. If you love Le Carre, do read it.
Got the book this morning and have just started reading. Letter writing is a lost art, i wonder if authors continue to write such letters today to their friends? The future may be collection of emails, whatsapp/instagram posts & emojis instead of published letters.
@@Mork2001 I fear that Le Carre was the last of his kind in so many ways. It takes dedication and discipline to commit to pen and ink, or even typewriter, these days when electronic is so easy. Enjoy.
Super irritating music. Like the DJ at the wedding, who insists on turning up the volume, three minutes after he has been repeatedly requested to turn down it down. Le Carre does not need dramatic music to be dramatic
As a young boy, he heard snippets of whispers, that his father family came Cork, Ireland. A few weeks before his death, he and his son traveled to Cork to discover that the whimpers were true. He applied passport, and received it.
As a kid, i couldn’t read his books nor watch the various tv shows/movies based on his books. Recently, however, I started watching and being so enthralled. Bond has his place, but i can empathize with Smiley better.
I was a schoolkid when Smileys people was on telly. I didn't understand it but the mysterious melancholy music, and the mystery intrigued me. I even had the bbc LP of the music. I've read a lot of this guy's novels and his reminiscences. The supposed inspiration for Smiley was John Binggham and I read a biography of him. Binghams wife hated Le Carre, and a lot of the spooks hated him. I now think he had a very jaundiced view of, well, the spooks. I actually think he might have been an enemy of the uk. But I did like his books, they are so well written, the characterization, is so good, I liked his books but they never have a happy ending, right or wrong, they criticize the uk's security services a lot, in my impression.
If you talk..translate over a person speaking German or Russian the original speaker should be muted..or use subtitles...otherwise it is hard to follow
He talks about the colonialism and the fear and loathing left behind in the colonies. I am in francophone Africa with the insiders like him only French. I can tell you that the French have left so much worse behind. My mother in law looked at episode 1 of Vietnam War documentary about the French involvement. She said it was EXACTLY the same in Her country.
They don't like him because he reveals the dark side of intelligence work? Is there a good side, when there''s always going to be a loser when you play that game?
9:30 Who in his or her right documentary maker's mind dubs a German speaker with an English narrator, talking through each other like a Brexiteer and a Remainder during the heat of their debate... Ich understand nichts of that verdammt noch mahl.
Hold on, he went to Sherborne then to Berne University and Oxford? All of these places cost a fortune to attend so he comes from a very comfortable background 🙄 and is part of the establishment. Amusing that the most English of Englismen chose to die an Irish Citizen 🙄
he could have also examined the close connections between intelligence and financial interests, and the role of laundered drug money in propping up the stock market
I enjoyed many of le Carré's earlier novels. Unfortunately, those of the last decade or so of his life were disappointing. He kept cranking out books that were well below what his audience had come to expect of him.
I stopped watching when 2 people continued talking simultaneously. Couldn't hear what either were saying. Might be an ingenious new coding system - or - the Russians were blocking the signal.
@@straightfacts5352 Enjoy your snobbery. Most of us can enjoy both realistic and light entertainment, without the need to insult one or the other. Plus, you do yourself no favours by being so crude. You just show how shallow you are.
Go0d H12: Yep--"King of IO's", and not only did yet Still "doing", 1 book is to be unveiled, if not mistaking. With no disrespect to IanF, yet JohnLC is Master of "Inside Play", what is quite logical as, if (again) not mistaking, he was both IC&CI, which is--Brilliant (super nice) blend. And UKGB Intelligence is still, at least for foreseeable future, and thanks to Go0d--Best in the Class, as being based on best/True Ancient Traditions, though with n0 disrespect to others, who thus can enjoy--benchmark, &+. Krgds, AA*.***
How does the electorate get around the dilemma of the fact that it is the most intelligent decision to elect the most intelligent and educated to lead us, and our security systems, but those are the very people most qualified and likely to be corrupt people who know how to corrupt the system and corruptly lead without consequences?
Good to see someone so informed by suspicion that he refuses to fall prey to any of the cynical conspiracies of medical science. Enjoy your time on the ventilator.
Cornwall, of course is Celtic and not English. They do not understand that because it is not in their DNA. He may have been good as a writer, but he can never understand of being account whether Irish British Welsh or Scottish.
We sadly lost this amazing man two years ago last December. Luckily his wonderful books will live on forever.
He's one of my all - time - favourite humans.
Well Stated !
Hear hear, top comment here. 👍
Yes! We are completely lost in the "misinformation age". My goodness I have so enjoyed reading and watching these many novels. Smiley is an amazing creation. Thank you David.
Reilly, ace of spies is a great book
yes, le carre, a professional spook, absolutely does not deal in disinformation.
@@ghosterdude what are your blabbering about?
Tell everyone you don’t understand the point, without telling everyone you don’t understand the point.
@@cwhit0110You just committed the "sin" that you accused someone else for !!!
How embarrassing for you !!!!
As a person who was employed in security and intelligence, le carre displays how this world is made up of ordinary people, not James Bond at all, it's a tedious professional with no celebration or friends outside of the service
Most brilliant writer in the English language for many years now. Tinker Tailor is my favorite.,
Agree. Not spynovels... Its literature. Read some in spanish. Thinking in doing a better translation.
a fascinating, erudite man who led a hell of an interesting life.......thank you David
When you translate over a person speaking, you need to turn down the volume of the foreign language. I can't hear the translation.
True but closing the eyes and concentrating proved very effective.
@@cpemg Just the thing for a video.
The German translation was tough.The last one was lost to me.
Same Can't' hear narration.
Came here to say this. Thanks, man.
I learned my English from his novels. A very thoughtful, a very British man.
And don't forget irishman!
Can't wait to read all of le Carre's novels. Thank you.
This was very well done 👍👍❤️. For Uber fans of the man, the 2023 documentary The Pigeon Tunnel is truly an excellent biography of this legendary author.
he was the master of the spy novel genre, you did not have to suspend your belief system to enjoy them
Being in the right place is not enough to write an excellent book. Millions of people witnessed the same historic event as John le Carré. But no one has written anything fictional so memorable about that troubled reality in which a shadow world of a few shapes history and hides under the sunny world in which everyone else lives. Carré was in the "right mental and emotional state" when he wrote the book, and that's what made the difference.
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Quite...
The heavy background music ruined it for me. I almost couldn’t hear the reader. CZcamsrs are generally bad with background music and should stop trying to use it. Write content you don’t have to cover up.
I just finished the recent collection of his letters, which was edited by his son Tim, who died shortly after finishing it. If you love Le Carre, do read it.
Got the book this morning and have just started reading. Letter writing is a lost art, i wonder if authors continue to write such letters today to their friends? The future may be collection of emails, whatsapp/instagram posts & emojis instead of published letters.
@@Mork2001 I fear that Le Carre was the last of his kind in so many ways. It takes dedication and discipline to commit to pen and ink, or even typewriter, these days when electronic is so easy. Enjoy.
Thanks. Who is the publisher and the name of the work please?
@@cpemg A Private Spy, Viking.
I am about 2/3 of the way through this most interesting, entertaining, and informative book!! Highly recommended!!
His books are amazing. Thank you
Super irritating music. Like the DJ at the wedding, who insists on turning up the volume, three minutes after he has been repeatedly requested to turn down it down. Le Carre does not need dramatic music to be dramatic
then stop watching
There is no volume differential between the non-English and translator voices. it makes listening very difficult.
k, bye bye
Thank you for posting this. Best documentary on LeCarre I've watched.
Fascinating and thought provoking. I enjoyed this film immensely.
Superb writer and gentleman, surely missed.
A great sneak peek at the great Artist's life and craft. Thank you!
He is brilliant man, very wise one.
As a young boy, he heard snippets of whispers, that his father family came Cork, Ireland. A few weeks before his death, he and his son traveled to Cork to discover that the whimpers were true. He applied passport, and received it.
A truly amazing, natural talent enriched from an early age by a series of unique experiences, a solitary man.
Great interview - worth watching. Thank you.
Love him! An absolute legend.
As a kid, i couldn’t read his books nor watch the various tv shows/movies based on his books.
Recently, however, I started watching and being so enthralled.
Bond has his place, but i can empathize with Smiley better.
the music is not only awful,but also much too loud…
leave
The background noice is far too loud. Not pleasant to listen to it.
I was a schoolkid when Smileys people was on telly. I didn't understand it but the mysterious melancholy music, and the mystery intrigued me. I even had the bbc LP of the music. I've read a lot of this guy's novels and his reminiscences. The supposed inspiration for Smiley was John Binggham and I read a biography of him. Binghams wife hated Le Carre, and a lot of the spooks hated him. I now think he had a very jaundiced view of, well, the spooks. I actually think he might have been an enemy of the uk. But I did like his books, they are so well written, the characterization, is so good, I liked his books but they never have a happy ending, right or wrong, they criticize the uk's security services a lot, in my impression.
What a brilliant piece about an equally brilliant man. The bit about big Pharma was eerily prophetic taking into account the whole COVID debacle.
I admire this intelligent writer🤗
Your docs are always on point
*He was a product of his upbringing and he knew it.*
We all are absolutely !!
What a wonderful man xxx
In the spy who ..
How lemus's "legend"/ cover story is created/ built is absolutely incredible..
A drunk librarian
Holy crap those scenes of driving on British roads at night looks dangerous
The music is overbearing and annoying.
If you talk..translate over a person speaking German or Russian the original speaker should be muted..or use subtitles...otherwise it is hard to follow
Respects to his family.
He talks about the colonialism and the fear and loathing left behind in the colonies. I am in francophone Africa with the insiders like him only French. I can tell you that the French have left so much worse behind. My mother in law looked at episode 1 of Vietnam War documentary about the French involvement. She said it was EXACTLY the same in Her country.
That music completely drowned out the speaking voice....ouch!
Excellent
A most brilliant writer... I hope he has put his demons to rest!!!
51:31 I wonder.. is that a Degas figurine... and is it/was it numbered?
Another great story once again ruined by unnecessary 💩 music/noise😏
says you
what an amazing man
I’m 2 minutes in and shutting off. Music far too loud to concentrate on story
bye bye
John le Carré died in mid December 2020 if memory serves.
When was the interviews done?
OMG!!!has any editor tried to LISTEN to this eminent man??NO because the music in the background is too loud!! Frustrating, really.
leave then
The background noise makes this unbearable to listen to. Shame, was looking forward to watching it.
Unfortunately, the closed captioning doesn't appear during the translations.
Otherwise a very interesting documentary about a very insightful author.
Where are the credits for this documentary? Who made the film? Who directed? Etc. Thanks.
They don't like him because he reveals the dark side of intelligence work? Is there a good side, when there''s always going to be a loser when you play that game?
Hey thanks for the free content, but what in dog's name did you do to the audio? The translations are almost indecipherable.
9:30 Who in his or her right documentary maker's mind dubs a German speaker with an English narrator, talking through each other like a Brexiteer and a Remainder during the heat of their debate... Ich understand nichts of that verdammt noch mahl.
Absurdly loud and utterly unnecessary racket, aka soundtrack.
don’t watch
Thanks for the upload. IMDB suggests the full running length is 90 minutes.
that al capone
line always gets
me laughing.
music to loud
Don’t watch
David Cornwell RIP
Too many adverts, turned off! Poor!
says you… don’t watch
Died a good European 🇪🇺 tinker,tailor, soldier, Irishman
Neat!
Hold on, he went to Sherborne then to Berne University and Oxford? All of these places cost a fortune to attend so he comes from a very comfortable background 🙄 and is part of the establishment.
Amusing that the most English of Englismen chose to die an Irish Citizen 🙄
There is nothing worse than 2 voices at once! Don't you watch your own documentary? Use your head! Nobody can hear 2 things at once!
Ruined by terrible sound mixing. Why does this happen in documentaries so often?
I cant understand ur translation becoz the audio is much higher than the translated voice.
THANKS FOR THE ADS CZcams HARDLY ENOUGH....
le Care is a master, however If he really has an inclination towards inconspicuous anonymity, he'd find someone to trim his eyebrows.
I WAS really enjoying this until the competing volume of the German speaker and English interpreter. That's the end of this video for me ...
he could have also examined the close connections between intelligence and financial interests, and the role of laundered drug money in propping up the stock market
Background music too loud for the spoken words.
I enjoyed many of le Carré's earlier novels. Unfortunately, those of the last decade or so of his life were disappointing. He kept cranking out books that were well below what his audience had come to expect of him.
Totally agree. There is a video of one of his biographers who said the same. From The Night Manager on his earlier genius died
'the west mist it's chance ' he was brilliant
@@fspg3207 thanks , went too fast between languages
I stopped watching when 2 people continued talking simultaneously. Couldn't hear what either were saying. Might be an ingenious new coding system - or - the Russians were blocking the signal.
This came up in my feed. My son is dating his granddaughter. It’s very interesting to learn about him.
Why did they have him wearing those very soviet glasses?
What annoying background music. Fire the music director.
As exciting as it sounds, a spy is a miserable creature. Double life is tough and his trade is dangerous.
Aargh! It bugs me when a "critic" feels like they have to belittle Bond to praise Le Carre.
Bond-as-spy is a dogshit representation of reality. For kidults, not adults.
@@straightfacts5352 Enjoy your snobbery. Most of us can enjoy both realistic and light entertainment, without the need to insult one or the other. Plus, you do yourself no favours by being so crude. You just show how shallow you are.
Two ad breaks in eight minutes, you lost me there, too much.
Go0d H12: Yep--"King of IO's", and not only did yet Still "doing", 1 book is to be unveiled, if not mistaking. With no disrespect to IanF, yet JohnLC is Master of "Inside Play", what is quite logical as, if (again) not mistaking, he was both IC&CI, which is--Brilliant (super nice) blend. And UKGB Intelligence is still, at least for foreseeable future, and thanks to Go0d--Best in the Class, as being based on best/True Ancient Traditions, though with n0 disrespect to others, who thus can enjoy--benchmark, &+. Krgds, AA*.***
Paynes grey pirates shaft
Cornwall clouds sunlit filter
Penns aunt Georges Smiley
#haiku #georgesmiley #lecarre
Such a boring doco. We aren't interested in the movie THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD but rather LeCarré
Speak for yourself clown
I can’t deal with two languages
😂😂😂 too bad for you
Sounds like he was talking about big pharma regarding covad.
Actually, COVID vaccines were studied ethically and thoroughly. 43:41
loada crap
says you …🤣🤣🤣
Covid19 vaccine anyone?
How does the electorate get around the dilemma of the fact that it is the most intelligent decision to elect the most intelligent and educated to lead us, and our security systems, but those are the very people most qualified and likely to be corrupt people who know how to corrupt the system and corruptly lead without consequences?
Good to see someone so informed by suspicion that he refuses to fall prey to any of the cynical conspiracies of medical science. Enjoy your time on the ventilator.
The king of spies was Klaus Fuchs. Hands down.
His actions could still end all multi-cellular life on earth.
David was one of the few Englishmen I admired
Cornwall, of course is Celtic and not English. They do not understand that because it is not in their DNA. He may have been good as a writer, but he can never understand of being account whether Irish British Welsh or Scottish.
May be a good writer? Also, keep your racist twaddle to yourself.
two voices at once is irritating
Yeah, driving me CRAZY that they didn't drop the audio out by 80% on the German speakers, absolutely bonkers.
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