![]() ![]() ![]() For the Bond films, MI6 moved from place to place until the organisation finally came out of the closet with its purpose built HQ at Vauxhall, which you’ll now be familiar with from The World Is Not Enough and Skyfall. In his espionage novels, Le Carré placed the headquarters of the fictionalised British intelligence service, based on MI6, at Cambridge Circus (which is why it’s simply referred to as ‘The Circus’), north of Leicester Square and overlooked by the grand Palace Theatre.Īlthough the real MI6 has been located in various places around London, Cambridge Circus was not one of them. You need all your powers of concentration to follow John Le Carré’s hunt-the-mole mystery, and the murky Seventies atmosphere leaves you wanting to scrub stale nicotine from the screen. With so many slam-bang action movies afraid to lose your attention for a second, Tomas Alfredson’s intense, pared down direction is refreshing. ![]()
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