The Ipcress file (2022) is an enjoyable TV series featuring Len Deighton's protagonist. That said, there were a couple of niggling issues that, when seen, can't be unseen.
1. The extensive use of the Dutch angle- a camera technique that was used by the German expressionists in the 1920's. Essentially, the more tilt the more unsettling the director wishes the viewer to feel. Some of my favorite films-the Matrix, Pulp Fiction employ it. Here, however, at times it was employed in almost every single scene.
2. In the novel Deighton's protagonist is nameless, the character's name was actually chosen by Caine himself. Caine also chose to wear glasses because, according to trivia, he expected this movie to be the first of a franchise, similar to the Bond movies. Here, Cole not only wears Caine's iconic specs he also employs many of Palmer mannerisms Caine perfected in the movie.
So, is Joe Cole playing Michael Caine or Len Deighton's protagonist? This feels like a TV series of the original movie. It's good. But there is only one Maurice Micklewhite.
1. The extensive use of the Dutch angle- a camera technique that was used by the German expressionists in the 1920's. Essentially, the more tilt the more unsettling the director wishes the viewer to feel. Some of my favorite films-the Matrix, Pulp Fiction employ it. Here, however, at times it was employed in almost every single scene.
2. In the novel Deighton's protagonist is nameless, the character's name was actually chosen by Caine himself. Caine also chose to wear glasses because, according to trivia, he expected this movie to be the first of a franchise, similar to the Bond movies. Here, Cole not only wears Caine's iconic specs he also employs many of Palmer mannerisms Caine perfected in the movie.
So, is Joe Cole playing Michael Caine or Len Deighton's protagonist? This feels like a TV series of the original movie. It's good. But there is only one Maurice Micklewhite.