In his author’s note, le Carré claimed that nobody and no corporation in the novel was based on an actual person or corporation in the real world.
–– "But I can tell you this. As my journey through the pharmaceutical jungle progressed, I came to realize that, by comparison with the reality, my story was as tame as a holiday postcard." ––
It seems to me that no one apart from the incomparable Orson Welles could capture the full wicked charisma of Harry Lime. No matter how many times I watch the scene, I still marvel at the demonic charm with which he delivered his lines.
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–– "But I can tell you this. As my journey through the pharmaceutical jungle progressed, I came to realize that, by comparison with the reality, my story was as tame as a holiday postcard." ––
It seems to me that no one apart from the incomparable Orson Welles could capture the full wicked charisma of Harry Lime. No matter how many times I watch the scene, I still marvel at the demonic charm with which he delivered his lines.
https://petermcculloughmd....
The Film Scene that Foretold Our Current Moral Catastrophe
On the Giant Ferris Wheel in Graham Greene's film noir classic, The Third Man.
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