They should remake FUNERAL IN BERLIN, a great novel in the series that was drastically changed in the first version with Michael Caine. There are great scenes with the Russian spy master, Col. Stok, and with a Holocaust survivor, that make the story way above average and that were missing in the movie. Those two chapters are two of the best chapters I've ever read anywhere. And, the ending in the book is much much better, with a lot more suspense. A remake would be great, especially in light of the new movie TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. Then, they could go onto the other novels that weren't filmed like HORSE UNDER WATER and YESTERDAY'S SPY. A modern re-do wouldn't work for me, because contemporary thrillers have to have much more high-octane action than exist in Len Deighton's books. This spy is not like Bourne and even less like Bond. More like Philip Marlowe in Chandler's novels, crossed with one of the more heroic spies that sometimes can be found in a few John Le Carre novels.
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