LMGI COMPASS
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Summer 2024
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SLOW HORSES
Season 3
When a romantic liaison in Istanbul threatens to expose
deeply buried M15 secrets, a team of discredited agents
confined to purgatory in Slough House are once again
called upon to save the day. Filmed mainly in London,
Slough House exteriors are filmed at the very building
on Aldersgate Street that inspired the unglamourous
location in the books. The slovenly head of the crew of
misfits and an M15 superior meet regularly on a bench
by the Regent's Canal to exchange secrets and insults.
Moody establishing shots reveal the many faces of London
as clandestine meetings, a kidnapping and high-octane
action in a massive storage facility describe the trajectory
of an exhilarating rush through London told with a cheeky
sarcasm that tempers the high-stakes espionage game
being played.
THE GENTLEMEN
A former army captain inherits the family estate and
returns home to claim his dukedom, only to discover
a hidden cannabis empire thriving beneath its dairy.
Locations in London and its environs highlight the opulence
and grandeur of the Duke's privileged life and the criminal
underworld he must learn to navigate. From the aristocratic
lived-in elegance of Badminton House playing for the
family's Halstead Manor, and the posh Reform Club as a
private gentleman's club where shady deals are made,
to the gritty realism of Billingsgate Fish Market, and
the vicious boxing matches held at the N. Greenwich's
Magazine Building, the stark differences between the
Duke's refined world and the raw, dangerous realm of his
gangster adversaries drive the narrative brutally forward—
but not without a touch of class.
SUGAR
A genre-bending, highly stylized noir mystery plays out
beneath a blinding California sun, imbuing familiar Los
Angeles locales with a disorienting dreamlike quality that
belies the heinous crimes that private eye John Sugar
will uncover. As he struggles with demons of his own, he
is hired to find the missing granddaughter of a renowned
Hollywood producer, whose wealth and power is expressed
by his sprawling estate. An elegant boutique hotel where
Sugar resides is played by a sophisticated Spanish revival
residence that shows his own fondness for a chic Hollywood
experience informed by classic films. The villain resides in
an old house situated in an oil field, the motion of the pumps
adding to the tension of the inevitable brutal confrontation
to come. Seedy bars, rundown apartments and gritty streets
show a world far from the glamour, and a trip to the desert
east of Los Angeles brings a revelation that propels the story
into entirely new territory.
The Gentlemen
Sugar
Slow Horses
