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Also, maybe a revamped version of the book The Making Of On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Charles Helfenstein. It makes sense considering it's the 50th anniversary.
That's a great book!
It sounds like it. Maybe some new interviews and information from George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, and the other girls and crew members who are still alive. Maybe even Daniel Craig himself!
Diana Rigg pretty much never gives interviews on OHMSS. And Lazenby has been interviewed so many times that I doubt he has anything new to say. As for the crew, the major players--Peter Hunt, Richard Maibaum, Simon Raven, and the producers--are no longer with us. John Glen is, but he's already discussed his editing in his memoirs.
So unless someone can corral Dame Diana for a Bond-chat, I don't think there's a need for further interviews. That leaves archival research. Charles Helfenstein has already done a fantastic job going through the film's scripts and treatments, so what's left to examine are EON's corporate records. And I don't think those will be opened to researchers anytime soon. So I don't think much new information will be divulged this year, despite the 50th anniversary.
On that topic, here's an interview with Sylvana Henriques and Terry Mountain:
I guess she almost did according to the making of book!
In this article he says he hasn't seen any Bond films, other than his own. Does that mean when we saw him enter and leave the Royal Premier of DAD (for example) he sat there with his eyes shut?
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=22&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi24PbBlujgAhXhUBUIHV68AaEQFjAVegQIDhAB&url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/george-lazenby-only-watched-james-14069013&usg=AOvVaw1MlOnG26jpILu2QqbB-TVu
He was at the comic con over the weekend. Typical bragging self but it was a fun experience.
He mentions Goldfinger and On Her Majesty's Secret Service, for their film milestone anniversaries. His next books perhaps? I hope so!
BW : "Bla , bla , bla"
Newmar : "Burt , you know thats not true !"
(heard at con)
I believe he was just the face of Marlboro European advertising for a while.
Armstrong and Barry were perfect for that film.
It's easy to dismiss what George was saying because the end results are great, no question. In my opinion it's the very best Bond score that's ever been put to film. It's also grown immensely in its popularity since 1969. Whereas Blood, Sweat and Tears have all but disappeared from the musical landscape. Clearly George was talking about then and not now. He wasn't thinking about what would be seen as popular fifty years hence. George had also gotten into all that counterculture, hippy movement that was all the rage back then, so his musical tastes would be seen as rather antiquated by modern tastes. Easy Rider would've been a huge influence on his thinking. One of George's other rejected suggestions was to have his 007 parachuting into Piz Gloria with a large Union Jack emblazoned upon it. Everybody laughed at his suggestion back then, but in '77 it was considered an inspired artistic decision.
Going back to his "putting pop music behind it"— it's now something that modern cinema does an awful lot of — to the point where it's now considered a common, everyday practice. Though it wasn't right for Bond, it's proven to be very successful for other movies.
No tux either, or asking for a vodka martini!
He didn't need all the intros etc.