Filmmaker Errol Morris, no stranger to liars and deceivers, interrogates David Cornwell, known worldwide as ex-MI6-agent-turned-author John le Carré.
The slipperiness of truth is documentary filmmaker Errol Morris’ central subject, as it was for David Cornwell, who wrote our greatest spy novels under the pen name John le Carré. In Morris’ latest film, “The Pigeon Tunnel,” these two architects of intrigue meet for a wide-ranging interview — the last significant one Cornwell gave before his death in 2020.
Perched at a long table, talking to a Morris we can hear but can’t see, Cornwell tells his many stories about sharing a familial orbit with Ronnie — who late in life attempted to swindle even his bestselling son — with a bemusement dusted ever so slightly with contempt. But Cornwell also knows what being a grifter’s son gave him, quoting Graham Greene’s observation that childhood is any author’s “credit balance.
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