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I watched that scene last night. To me the snake looks fake. The character holding the snake has it by the head from one pov and below the head from another. When he touches the snake to the Baines' neck, there is no bite mark or blood.
I don't know what an "Iceberg Meme" is supposed to be, but your description of the "Gert Fröbe Case" falls short. Fröbe had always admitted to having been a member of the Nazi Party before 1945 (many actors were - it was definitely not helpful in finding work if you weren't), and yes, indeed, when that came up upon GF's release it was banned or boycotted in Israel. However, what happened then was that a formerly German Jewish family came forward and testified that Fröbe actually saved their lives by hiding them from the Gestapo, and the ban was terminated. This is my recollection of what I read about this, but I'm sure you'll find a lot about this on the Web.
I'm not excusing being a member of the NSDAP (my own mother was one), as much as I think that some day a lot of Russians will have to answer for not standing up to Putin (and let's not start about MAGA!), but just mentioning a Nazi connection and the ban falls short of the whole picture.
Thanks for the info! @j_w_pepper 🙂
Oh yes! A mistake of me! Thanks, I'm mistaken. 🙂
Not to worry. I think I'm right in saying that they were only cousins through marriage too and not blood cousins as such. I remember reading that in Christopher Lee's autobiography. Still, they were cousins nonetheless.
I thank you for your acknowledgment, @SIS_HQ.
Yes, I concur. I've read that too about Gert Frobe in Adrian Turner's book Goldfinger (1998). He certainly redeemed himself by his actions. Although he was a party member I recall he also said that he hadn't read Hitler's Mein Kampf. I think the film was also criticised in Israel for having Goldfinger gas the gangsters as this recalled the gassing of the Jews during the Holocaust perpetrated by the Nazis. That little book by Adrian Turner on Goldfinger is highly recommended.
Seconded. Turner's account of the screenplay's creation is fascinating and shows how important Paul Dehn's contributions were, alongside Maibaum's.
I dont think Auric is german so the gassing of the mobsters is reaching , its like modern day pc/must-not-offend thing. Eddie Murphy might as well not go on stage these days and Im sure they will neuter the Bundys if that cartoon is made today , certainly no fat women jokes will be allowed I bet
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It's the thing that I don't understand that much, maybe he didn't realized it at the time? And just later realized that "oh, even in that film, I did really looked old!" just silly to think.
So, if he realized that early on, would he quit the Bond role and just stop at TMWTGG?
And it's just funny to think that he'd accepted the role and (later) thought he's not fit in it (is it a part of his self deprecating manner?).
I still don't know at why sometimes Moore criticized his own Bond portrayal? He accepted the role and did more films, but why he said some things?
There's no wrong with self deprecation, but in Moore's case, he accepted the role, so being self deprecated, I think wasn't that much in place.
(Those interviews are not that hard to find though, they're anywhere in the internet).
I think at the time he left The Persuaders because of his willingness to do films, and he's surprised with the offer Cubby presented him, and he agreed to do it, but he's not prepared to be on it, so that's why in the later interviews, he's being self deprecated.
I don't know, my mind just got mixed (and probably) screwed up this time 😅.
Deciphering:
I'm starting to get sick of seeing these two everywhere.
The cancelled Bond films iceberg.
On Wednesday I visited in Berlin what used to be called the German Air Force Museum but is now simply the Gatow Airport division of the Museum of Military History (in Dresden). Gatow was the Berlin airport that the Brits used after the war (the U.S. had Tempelhof, and France had Tegel a few years later...while the Soviets had Schönefeld, which is now BER). There is quite a number of historical aircraft, along with ample information on the history of the airport and WW II and I in general. The collection includes aircraft from the Western powers (from which West Germany bought most of its planes in the fifties and sixties) as well as from Soviet production, since the East German air force was integrated into the West German air force after 1990.
If there is one thing I didn't like so much, it is that many of those planes that sit outside on the apron instead of inside the hangar look rather worn. It seems they haven't been repainted for 30 years or so. Maybe it's intentional to make you see that these are simply killing machines that have had their day, instead of showing them as a sort of machine knights in shining armor.
Here's a selection:
Backseat driver? (This L-39 Albatros was actually used for towing targets in the GDR air force. EDIT: But isn't she a beauty?)
Ilyushin-28. Normally a bomber, but used in East Germany as a reconnaissance aircraft.
An F-104 G "Starfighter" with a rocket-starting device and a dummy (American) nuclear bomb under the fuselage. The rocket was tested but never actually deployed. The F-104 became infamous after the Federal Government bought 916 of them, a third of which crashed, killing 116 pilots. Rumor still has it that the German defense minister at the time received handsome payments from Lockheed when the decision to buy the aircraft was made. (At least this one looks freshly painted.)
This is a diorama of how Gatow airport looked during the airlift. Quite a nice modelling job.
This is how a Panavia Tornado looks after it overtook you.
A MiG-29 which served in the (united) German air force for a few years. Most of the MiGs were sold (or given) to Poland in the mid-90s, and a number of them have now moved to the Ukrainian air force since those are the guys who learned how to fly them in the first place.
Voller's coming! Actually, the plane in Dial of Destiny was based on the Heinkel He-111, but the tail unit in DOD seems to come from a Junkers Ju-88, with a double vertical stabilizer. Anyway, this He-111 is really a Spanish Casa plane built under a license from Heinkel - with Rolls-Royce engines and after the war, although repainted as a specimen from the Nazi air force (as the museum freely admits).
There 's a bunch of other interesting aircraft, and I highly recommend a visit for those who are interested, but it would lead too far here. And if it needs any more convincing: There is no entrance fee! Even the tours are free, provided you are there in time...quite unusual for a German museum. But at no point does the museum leave the impression of doing propaganda on behalf of the German or American government, but deals quite critically also with the downsides of warfare and what it does to the population. As I said, highly recommended.
Antonio Vivaldi will be my version of Monty Norman, while Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Vivaldi (Because of his symphonies, I've chose him to be my version of John Barry), also the same for Johannes Brahms.
Dr. No - Antonio Vivaldi
From Russia With Love - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Goldfinger - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Thunderball - Antonio Vivaldi
You Only Live Twice - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Antonio Vivaldi
Diamonds Are Forever - Johannes Brahms
Live And Let Die - Johann Strauss (I liked his Danube Waltz, so he will be my one off version of George Martin).
The Man With The Golden Gun - George Bizet
The Spy Who Loved Me - George Bizet
Moonraker - Johann Strauss (his melodic sound would've matched Barry's simple yet melodic tune here).
For Your Eyes Only - Arnold Schoenberg
Octopussy - Johann Pachelbel
A View To A Kill - Johann Pachelbel
The Living Daylights - George Bizet
Licence To Kill - Antonio Vivaldi
Goldeneye - Pyotyr Illyich Tchaikovsky
Tomorrow Never Dies - Igor Stravinsky
The World Is Not Enough - Igor Stravinsky
Die Another Day - Igor Stravinsky
(Igor Stravinsky will be my version of David Arnold in the Brosnan Era)
Casino Royale - Franz Liszt
Quantum of Solace - Igor Stravinsky
Skyfall - Franz Liszt
SPECTRE - Bela Bartok
No Time To Die - Johann Sebastian Bach 😅
Bond did it first.
(Connerys pose was also recycled by Laz holding skis , there was also a Moore festival poster with same stance)
I mean, Jane Bond is a thing, so...
OHMSS main theme vs AVTAK action theme?
For me? AVTAK theme.
And which one do YOU prefer?