the constant gardener is one of le carre's less successful efforts. the plot is at times incoherent but
as always le carre's characters are interesting and twisted into knots by ethical dilemmas--i'm
talking about the book --so i am interested whether the film "linearizes" the plot. the book is at the end a scream against the evils of big pharma--i'm also interested in whether the film pulls any of this punch.
what can i say about the penguins----it's a powerful argument against intelligent design.
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We are now netflixing 'the sweet hereafter' in which the ambulance chasing lawyer makes the argument that big corporations always calculate how many deaths will it require before it actually pays to improve their product. LeCarre's conclusion is that with big pharma in Africa, the number is extremely large.
That was the role of Brad Pitt's character in "Fight Club." He was a recall coordinator -- his job was to decide whether paying court settlements for a product killing people was cheaper than having a recall.
(Having seen neither "The Constant Gardener" nor "The Sweet Hereafter" that was the only comment I could think of.)
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