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Agree totally, and I recall that very hot Summer in 1989 too! Though I did it see it many times in the cinema, I salute your 11 trips mate!
He has a code that he lives by—one might consider it his tragic flaw if you want to look at Sanchez and Bond as an inverted Othello/Iago—and that makes him a fascinating character to follow. He really is one of the best developed villains of the series. I'd say probably the best developed villain. For all his villainy, he nevertheless has honor (a very particular brand of honor) and is undone by it.
That combined with the whole Yojimbo vibe & Dalton's majestic performance as Bond makes for a truly great film.
I love the part where he actually lets the crooked FBI agent go with his payment, unlike any of the other villains in the Bond franchise.
In my opinion TLD is the better film, but LTK is a fun mano a mano demonstration... Strange to say, but LTK is more of a great character study of two-sides-of-the-same coin. And what's even stranger, in my opinion, is that Bond brought out the best in Sanchez (how he takes care of Bond when he thinks he's got an ally in him), and Sanchez brings out the worst in Bond (cold blooded vengeance)....
LTK is hampered by pedestrian sets/cinematography, however....
What the two leads bring to their cat and mouse game is truly magnificent.
P.S. I met Robert Davi and he's a beaut. Gregarious and fun, I ignore his political affiliations but I enjoyed the person who seems to love life, good music and Shakespeare.
It is very much Bond going ronin. A very fresh and exciting idea at the time. Nowadays, in the hands of Purvis and Wade (much as I love them) the idea has been trotted out so often it has lost all its significance. The real novelty now would be for Bond receive a straightforward mission and carry it out dutifully without being hampered or hunted down by his own. It would be exciting though to get a new take on Bond that feels as innovative as Licence to Kill.
That is something that very much distinguishes him from the rest of Bond's rogues, who generally consider their own expendable (from Goldfinger to Blofeld to Zorin to Trevelyan). He rewards loyalty. "Knowing who to trust is everything in this business." Bond exploits that weakness of Sanchez's and gets him to destroy those who are closest to him. Dario is just about the only significant one Bond can't turn him against.
I got up early back in '88 to record this both days it aired. Damn, that tape was lost years ago, but luckily the interview is on YouTube.
I must say, Timothy's hair looks pretty good here as he's talking to Joel Siegel.
I think the main thing that puzzles me these days is Gladys Knight’s title song and why they went with it - it just feels like such a mismatch for the movie’s tone and concept. Would’ve been a good opportunity for something harder / edgier.
Thank you for that video.
Agreed. The title track is bland and could have substituted for most of the Moore-era songs. In fact, the title songs are *the* weak point of the Dalton era.
:P
The Gladys Knight song was okay IMO. The orchestration was the best part. She just wasn't given anything really special to sing.
Where has everybody gone?
I've got this feelin,
Goin to end up here on my own.
Where's my support now?
Where's the ranks of the strong?
In this faceless crowd, where can I belong?
Everybody's gone insane to catch a plane to have their Heavens closer,
They want the Kingdom but they don't want the King - they want his throne.
And there's no time - there's no time at all!
Where has everybody gone?
With great pleasure,
I sing your national song.
Because you're beautiful,
And you'll soon be long gone.
And the ashes of your memoirs will be strewn across the lawn.
Pack your face, save your cases of your place in the Everafter.
These hallowed Halls are lined with walls that are cracked by the Myria's laughter.
And there's no time - there's no time at all!
Where has everybody gone?
There's no time,
There's no time at all...
Clapton wrote a Bond theme? And it was rejected??
How much do you think you'd need to buy EON?
time favorite Bond song. It’s just a banger.
Instrumental guitar driven title theme apparently.
It's such a great Bond song. I love playing it in the mornings....the first 7secs of the song tells you Dalton's Bond is dangerous. Such an upbeat Bond song...it makes me feel so happy :)
According to 'The Music of James Bond' apparently Kamen had written a theme (which never became a song) which Clapton and Vic Flick spent a day on, a 'bluesy, bendy tune' according to Flick, which they managed to turn into something big and 'Bondy' by the end of the day; but it sounds like Kamen was a bit unprepared for the session and there wasn't much enthusiasm for how it turned out, so it got shelved. Kamen did (co-)write 'Everything I Do' from Prince of Thieves a couple of years later though so it seems like he had a hit song in him! :)
It'd be amazing if the results of that session ever appeared anywhere, but I guess Clapton's involvement complicates things.
Yeah I think 'If You Asked Me To' is a really good song, and suits the American feel of the film.
100% agree. I'll have to reacquaint myself with those end themes as I can't really remember them, but love both the main themes.
“Out of gas” and “I love James so much” kind of undermine the otherwise well written female characters
Oh I agree. So did Richard Gere....