The Pigeon Tunnel: Errol Morris Interviews John le Carre
The great documentary filmmaker Errol Morris is best known for films such as \u201cThe Thin Blue Line\u201d and \u201cThe Fog of War.\u201d His latest film, \u201cThe Pigeon Tunnel,\u201d is about the great espionage novelist John le Carr\xe9, whose real name is David Cornwell.
Jack Goldsmith recently sat down with Morris to talk about \u201cThe Pigeon Tunnel.\u201d They discussed le Carr\xe9\u2019s complex and contradictory attitudes towards the Cold War, the influence of the traitorous British intelligence officer Kim Philby on le Carr\xe9's work, what Morris and le Carr\xe9 have in common as documentarians, and how le Carr\xe9 compares with Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad. Morris also reflected on his craft, including the difference between an interview and an interrogation and how he learned to interview a subject without saying anything.
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