Spy film

The spy film is a cinematographic Genre related to the Espionnage of fiction, in a realistic treatment or as bases whimsical. Many a spy novel was adapted to the cinema, even if in many cases (such James Bond ) the general tone of works were modified.

History

The spy film emerges with the Silent film, in the paranoiac context of the literature of invasion and the beginning of the First World War. One finds thus films British The German Spy Peril (1914) and O.H.M.S (1913)

Alfred Hitchcock popularized later on spy film in the Thirties with its thrillers the Man who knew of it too (1934), the 39 steps (1935), Secret agent (1936) and a woman disappears (1938).

The popularity of spy films is often considered with its apogee during the Sixties, when fears of the Cold war corresponded with the desire of the spectators to find excitation and suspense in films. At that time appear on a side of realistic films as the adaptation the Spy who came from the cold (1963), on the other side of whimsical films like the series of the James Bond as from 1962.

The spy film knew an renewed interest at the end of the Années 1990, although those were rather action films with elements of espionage, or comedies.

Realistic spy films

the 39 steps (1935), of Alfred Hitchcock
Four of espionage (1936), of Alfred Hitchcock

the Spy who came from the cold (1965), of Martin Ritt, according to the novel of John Le Carré
Three Days of the condor (1975), of Sydney Pollack
Spy range, set of spies (2001), of Tony Scott
the trilogy Jason Bourne (2002, 2004 and 2007), adapted novels of Robert Ludlum
Syriana (2005) of Stephen Gaghan
Munich (2006), of Steven Spielberg, on the Operation Anger of God after the massacre of the J.O of Munich in 1972.
Reasons of State (2006) of Robert De Niro

Whimsical spy films

the series of the films James Bond , since 1962
three Austin Powers (1997, 1999 and 2002)
Johnny English (2003), of Peter Howitt
OS 117: Cairo, nest of spies (2006), of Michel Hazanavicius
the Recruit (2003) of Roger Donaldson

See too

the category of the televised series of espionage
List of articles of the category Spy film

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