London Spy Season 1 DVD Box Set

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London Spy Season 1 DVD Box Set
Region: FREE Audio: English Dolby Surround
Discs: 3 D9 Format: Support both NTSC & PAL
  Display Format: Fullscreen

Subtitle: English
About the Movie:

Summary:

Story of a chance romance between two people from very differentworlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service,the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess.

Duration: 3 Discs HD DVD-9 Plastic Bag Packing Ver. ( 5 Episodes Complete Series )

London SPY is an exceptionally well-filmed thriller centering on theprotagonist Danny Holt (Ben Whishaw) and his quest to find out preciselywho his lover Alex/ Alistair (Edward Holcroft) actually is, and whetherAlex has actually been murdered or not.

That quest takes Danny into a dark and frequently confusingnetherworld in which nothing is quite as it seems and truth isindistinguishable from falsehood. Although clearly an innocent party,Danny's ignorance of Alex/ Alistair's past lands him in trouble; he issuspected of having committed murder, even though we are well aware thathe is an innocent party - a young, rootless man searching for stabilityin an often hostile world.

Jakob Verbruggen's six-part thriller unfolds slowly, with the camerafocused tightly on the protagonists' facial expressions as they act andreact to a variety of different situations. This makes for aclaustrophobic atmosphere; we feel as imprisoned as the characterswithin webs of deceit that are rendered even more confusing by a willfuldedication towards perpetuating falsehoods. When Danny visits Alistair/Alex's parents (Charlotte Rampling, Nicholas Chagrin), he is told atissue of lies; and subsequently warned off further inquiries by aprofessional hitperson (Clarke Peters). Needless to say Danny continueshis quest for the truth, but ends up becoming more deeply enmeshedwithin the webs.

Laurie Rose's cinematography is especially effective; his cameraswirls around the characters, emphasizing their lack of certainty; andfrequently indulges in long tracking shots as the characters move downlong corridors or through gardens. This stylistic device is ironic; atracking shot implies forward movement, almost as if a plot-complicationmight be resolved in the process. In London SPY, however, the trackingshots lead to nothing, and thereby emphasizing the absence of truth thatdominates the plot.

This series might be described as moody, almost reflective in tone,concentrating as much on the characters' emotions as the plot. We sharewith Danny a desire to unravel the plot, but at the same time realizehow easy it is to be bamboozled, especially when there are so manypeople wanting to create smokescreens, whether verbal or physical. Thecenter of London has seldom seemed so sinister, with the Thamesidelights in the background contrasting with the nighttime shadows in whichDanny spends much of his time.

London SPY requires our attention, but rewards us for our efforts. Definitely worth staying with.

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