re: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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There's just Nothing better for spy movies than cold War, European-set stories.

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Just depends on the quality of the movie, all of those variables, and how it comes together on the screen.

I was not a fan of The Russia House film even though it was a great cast, on paper, and I loved the book. I really liked Gorky Park the film though, and the book.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is #1 for me followed by Three Days of the Condor, then the Hitchcock trifecta of 39 Steps, North by Northwest and Foreign Correspondent.

My favorite book that was so good it could never be made into a movie though, is Ludlum’s Materese Circle or, en Italiano, Il Circolo Materese. Imagine American super spy meets Spectre meets KGB meets Camorra meets CIA meets The Godfather.

Helluva read. Would love to see it made into a movie if the right cast and crew ever came along.