Maybe it's me, but having tried and failed to watch this through TWICE, let me just say this emperor is buck naked. The magic of Errol Morris's early documentaries seems to have faded into an overly dramatic, pretentious, and stylized flow of irrelevant images and superfluous rambling -- and John Le Carré is the perfect subject for this treatment, endlessly tooting his own horn and holding forth in pompous windbag mode for what seemed like an eternity. Plus, there is really nothing new here, no revelations. Le Carré has been interviewed ad nauseum over the years, and regaled us with tales of his con man father and super spy exploits. In fact, his tales of British spies and Communist moles have been told in other far more insightful documentaries. I suppose if you are a super fan of Le Carré's books, it might be nice to view his final interview, but despite the glowing reviews, I think many will find this a boring and repetitious rehash of very familiar narratives.
Review of The Pigeon Tunnel
