"The Night Manager" proves that John le Carré is as adaptable and as appealing as ever, with Tom Hiddleston's former Brit soldier Pine getting sucked into the inner world of arms dealer Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) and having trouble resisting the dubious morality he's been fighting. It's a clever cat-and-mouse spy game, directed by Susanne Bier with a lushness not normally associated with le Carré. Production designer Tom Burton found striking locations in Mallorca (Spain), Marrakesh, (Morocco), Zermatt (Switzerland) and Hartland (Devon), and cinematographer Michael Snyman captured a a tantalizing beauty together with the inevitable chaos. Read More: 'The Night Manager' is Thrilling and Boasts One Director: Susanne Bier "My brief was to get as much contrast as possible, going from Switzerland, which is cold and icy, to Cairo, which is hot and dusty, to the Mediterranean, which is crystal clear and blue," recalled...
- 5/6/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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