Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) / Smiley's People (Region B) Taika Waititi Obsessive Recurrence: The Early Films

Obsessive Recurrence: The Early Films of José Larraz – author and critic Kim Newman reflects on the recurring themes and underlying obsessions linking together the early productions of José Larraz

this long-difficult-to-see reflection of postwar angst has now taken its place as one of the defining noirs of its era—a fatalistic downward slide into existential oblivion

Torso was released in Italy towards the end of the giallo boom before enjoying a second life on the American grindhouse circuit

Deleted scenes and bloopers

the man who had killed his father

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) / Smiley's People (Region B) Taika Waititi Obsessive Recurrence: The Early FilmsThe critically acclaimed BBC productions of John Le Carrs espionage classics. Starring Sir Alec Guinness, Ian Richardson, Bernard Hepton, Joss Ackland, Eileen Atkins & Beryl Reid. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY: In BAFTA winner Sir Alec Guinnesss first major TV role he plays George Smiley, a retired agent who is secretly brought into the Circus (the code name for British Secret Intelligence Service) to root out a top level mole. Gradually piecing together