Interview With "The Pigeon Tunnel" Director Errol Morris

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

"The Pigeon Tunnel" had its world premiere at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for diving deep into the works and personal life of world-renowned author John le Carré. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris provides a brisk, thrilling, and captivating 94-minute introspection through his famous one-on-one interview style to give us a fascinating portrait of a man many regard as one of the best novelists of all time. Morris was kind enough to spend some time talking with us during the New York Film Festival about his work on the film, which can be listed to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now streaming on Apple TV+. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com For more about Regal Unlimited and the Slasher Sale - https://regmovies.onelink.me/4207629222/bjs99t0x New subscribers can use code REGALNBP23 for 10% off of Regal Unlimited for the first 3 months Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is my interview with the director for the Pigeon Tunnel, Errol Morris.
0:08.1	You asked me about the nature of our relationship.
0:11.5	I needed to know who I was talking to.
0:14.0	Were you my friend across the fire?
0:16.4	Who are you?
0:18.8	And if I can't answer that question?
0:21.6	It's terribly difficult to recruit for a secret service. You're looking for somebody
0:29.6	who's a bit bad, but at the same time loyal, there's a type, and I fitted perfectly.
0:36.6	In your memoir, you see no type and I fitted perfectly.
0:42.3	In your memoir, you say none of it's true. It's as I imagined it.
0:47.3	When I was in MI6, it wasn't enough for me.
0:49.3	So what I did was reinvent the secret world
0:52.3	and fill my own people with it.
1:03.0	Why is betrayal an important concept to you? It has a long family background.
1:06.0	Writing is a journey of self-discovery.
1:09.0	I see my own life as a succession of embraces and escapes.
1:18.0	Maybe this is an interrogation.
1:20.2	Maybe I am self-deceived.
1:22.4	I don't know.
1:23.8	But I'll answer any question you wish me to answer as truthfully as I can.
1:29.3	Hello everyone, welcome to the Next Best Picture Podcast.
1:32.3	I am being joined right now by Academy Award-winning documentarian filmmaker Errol Boris here.
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