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"John Hurt has said that the success of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy shows that filmmakers should not underestimate their audiences. The Melancholia actor told Metro that film-goers are more than capable of keeping up with less simple movies. Hurt said that he was &amp;quot;enormously happy&amp;quot; about the success of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and added: &amp;quot;My instincts were correct - you should never underestimate the audience.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a film which invites you to take part, you don&amp;#039;t just put your feet up and say &amp;#039;entertain me&amp;#039;. Film producers often underestimate the intelligence and participation of the audience.&amp;quot; Hurt added: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s ever present. We go through periods with film. The 1960s and 1970s were extraordinarily experimental, both in film and TV.  &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve become less daring and films have become much more expensive - far too expensive at the top end. When you&amp;#039;re dealing with blockbusters, it&amp;#039;s such a massive audience that the material gets more facile.&amp;quot; His co-star Colin Firth has also claimed that there is &amp;quot;a tendency to underestimate audiences&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;an appetite to be stretched&amp;quot; among film-goers. &amp;gt; John Hurt at the &amp;#039;Melancholia&amp;#039; UK premiere - pictures Watch the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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