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By the way, the scientist they kidnap at the start clicks his pen not once but twice while he's at his computer. A Goldeneye reference? Or am I pulling it out my arse?
Nice hidden references there if that's what was intended. Well spotted and researched, @Feyador!
Right?
@jake24
First when Bond says "for what felt like 5 minutes of my life". It repeats twice.
Then as Bond and Madeline kiss just before Matilde appears
Sounds like the "...dies, surrender" part
I doubt it's a reference but it's too similar for me to ignore
Aw, come on!
Several I hadn t noticed here. Cool!
Me, too ...
Apparently, the car used by Paloma in the Cuba sequence is a black '57 Chevy that is similar or identical to the one in Dr. No, in which Bond is picked-up by the enemy agent at the airport. Also, the hazmat suits used in the lab in London and the pink suits used by Safin workers towards the end all lend credence to the idea that, at some stage in the development of NTTD, Safin was meant to be Dr. No himself. Especially in relation to that point in the film where one of his henchmen actually addresses him as "doctor," while they stand in a corridor with Dr. No-style circular grating above them.
I wonder if the filmmakers got cold feet about that late in the process and decided to excise all obvious references to Safin as Dr. No, but somehow forgot one? Seems unlikely, but ... it does kind of feel that way. And if so, it might help explain why some of Safin's motivation and relationship to Madeleine is all a bit hazy - it was cut from the film.
Google "kabuki masks art of noh". Funny eh? The. Art. Of. Noh.
Yes, indeed - there's so many allusions and references, but the mask's the clincher. This thread alone shows how much symbolism there is in NTTD - no way was that mask a coincidence. Oops, I said 'no' way...
I guess this is what happens when you cross-pollinate the Dr. No character with the concluding setting of You Only Live Twice, the novel ...
You know, it's interesting that the Noh theatrical mask is associated with traditional Japanese culture, as are other elements in Safin's lair. Maybe it doesn't matter but, at least in the novel, Dr. No is of a Chinese/German background (in the film, too, if I recall correctly), and he has none of these Japanese associations. But in NTTD Safin is (I think) Russian ...
... but whatever the case, evidently a man of the world is our Dr. Safin. And cultural identity is so fluid these days anyway ....
I always thought, that Bob Ross might be a funny Q. Or a villain, who loves to beat the devil out of his brush.
That's supposed to be a joke, not trolling. I am a big fan of Bob Ross.
That certainly sounds like it might be intentional, great spot.
Safin has nods to Dr. No, sure; but I am glad they did not name the character Dr. No or take it any further than what we got.
That’s ok, Bob Ross is as important as a influence to me as a person and artist as the people who have taken part in the James Bond adventures.
Bond: "You need to take a breath and calm down. You're in shock."
He's shown struggling to recover from its effects: physical and likely psychological shock.
He doesn't have time to consider how it affects his judgment.
But we know many times people who can't take advice always insist on giving it.
Mentioned elsewhere: actress Mathilde Bourbin plays Madeleine's mother (and therefore Mathilde's grandmother.).
Noticed: producer Kevin McClory reportedly served as a merchant seaman radio operator on the vessel Mathilda during WWII.
Also: Roald Dahl's own Matilda.
Interesting, you seem to be more of an CR expert than I am (altough CR is my favourite).
According to Vesper's tomb: Was Vesper really supposed to be only 23 years old in CR?
Considering Eva Green was 26 IRL it didn't seem too much of a stretch to me!
Also funny this reminds me of the posters Blofeld printed off at the end of SP, just the characters headshots and frames from the films :))
The painting was probably chosen by NTTD set decorator Véronique Melery. Whether she borrowed the original for the film or had a reproduction made, I don't know ...
https://iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/20104