Tom Hiddleston encourages viewers to binge-watch his Emmy-nominated AMC miniseries “The Night Manager,” because that’s how it was designed by director Susanne Bier. “We approached it as one story with its own integrity,” Hiddleston said in an interview with TheWrap Friday. “We boarded all six in the same way you’d board a feature film. It was a 360-page script, and we treated it like a six-hour feature.” The British actor said he appreciates it when fans stop him in the street to tell him how absorbing the TV adaptation of John La Carre’s 1993 crime novel is. “People...
- 8/13/2016
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Based on John La Carré's novel of the same name, A Most Wanted Man sees Anton Corbijn (The American, Control) craft a slick and engrossing espionage thriller, tackling the War on Terror with a deft and cynical touch. Hamburg is our setting, and the story kicks off when Issa Karpov (Grigory Dobrygin), a Chechen refugee sneaks into the city illegally, immediately coming to the attention of a covert anti-terror group, led by Gunther Bachman (Philip Seymour Hoffman). With Issa believed to be a dangerous terrorist, Bachman's investigates, leading him to believe the young refugee can lead him to a bigger threat. A Most Wanted Man unspools slowly, ratcheting up the tension from the opening frame. The movie is a wonderful slow burn, and the bleak atmosphere envelops you completely as the story takes its time with setting up all the characters and motivations. It plays fast and loose with your expectations,...
- 9/13/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
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