SPECTRE: And its underlying theme (Let us discuss this underappreciated part of cinema)

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

zebrafish wrote: »

Gustav_Graves wrote: »

I was reading today's Saturday edition of The Daily Telegraph, and I came across this wonderful essay/article from Robbie Collin:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/james-bond-spectre/daniel-craig-007-casino-royale-skyfall/

In that article: "And SPECTRE will introduce Léa Seydoux’s Madeleine Swann, the Proustian overtones of whose name must be the most highbrow Bond gag to date. (“It’s above my head, that’s for sure,” said Craig.)"

I am with Craig here, I do not get it (English is not my mother's tongue, btw, and I have not read Proust). Could someone explain the gag to me, please?

@zebrafish, this thread should explain things way better than I could manage, as I'm equally as ignorant to Proust and only know of some of his work because of this film and the discussions surrounding it:

http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/13566/proust-the-key-to-understanding-spectre

In the thread our more informed members detail the significance of some Proustian references in SP and why Madeleine's name is a mish-mash of Proust elements and what the importance of that could then be.

DRush76

I saw it differently. 'Skyfall' is much more a 'goodbye to the old' and one big hello to 'the new'. Judi Dench' 'M' is gone, hail Ralph Fiennes' 'M', a young, vibrant ex-agent that infiltrated the IRA. Lovely.

The old "M" still managed to be more effective. She was the one who set Bond on the path to SPECTRE. She finished a job that began in "CASINO ROYALE".

zebrafish

Cheers, 0Brady, I guess that makes it clear. I was fearing it was a Christmas/Goodhead/Galore-style kind of innuendo - glad that is over.