Relations between biographer and subject became increasingly strained, with Cornwell threatening to scupper the venture altogether. It is a fleeting, yet significant moment in the film – reminiscent of the situation in which Sisman found himself while working on his 2015 biography. My love life has been a very difficult passage, as you would imagine, but it has resolved itself wonderfully. It seems to be an intensely private matter. I’m not going to talk about my sex life - anymore, I trust, than you would.
But I’ll answer any question you wish me to answer as truthfully as I can. Well, I feel you got the last drop out of the sponge on that subject.
Errol Morris’s documentary The Pigeon Tunnel concentrates on Cornwell/Le Carré’s relationship with his conman father and on his career.Īt one particularly telling juncture late in the film, Morris asks Cornwell about the theme of “betrayal” that runs through his life and career.
