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The use of a colour in a film's title can really work well. Two references to The Property Of A Lady that I like are The Emerald Sphere and The Purple Cipher.
Eyes of Deceit,
Pain of a Promise,
or
Absent Remorse.
Eyes of Deceit, Pain of a Promise, and Kiss of Death all sound like they have lady troubles, which I, personally, would like to avoid for some time.
Of course, it could work with a female Bond villain just as easily.
They have already used the name Colonel Tan-Sun Moon in Die Another Day from the novel Colonel Sun (1968, Kingsley Amis).
Although I am cautious about straying too far from Fleming with titles and plot lines as this just doesn't seem right (until we have run out) ;)
Gardner's 'For Special Services' is a GREAT title, I think and retains a loose Fleming connection. He also had 'Role of Honour' and 'Nobody Lives Forever' which are ok.
However, not sure EON have first dibs on any of these?
the Young Bond, 'By Royal Command', is another good 'un but I can't see those being used either.
Duty Has No Sweethearts (dialogue from TLD)
WE SHOULD HAVE A POLL WHERE WE PLACE A VOTE ON WHETHER BOND 23 WILL BE CALLED:
a) 'Risico'
b) 'Property of a Lady'
c) 'The Hilbrand Rarity' OR
d) Something else
OR (e) 'The most action and globe trotting one has ever fit into a two hour film' (I've always liked longer titles) ;-)
OR
Risk it All
"est pro patria mori"
Latin for, "to die for one's country"
From a famous roman poet, and an extended version of that line, Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, was a popular saying in WWI known as the "common lie".
I like it, but its a weird one like QoS.
Instead of THE COMMON LIE, you could play around with a thesaurus to get a different title with the same meaning - like THE ACCEPTED DECEPTION, or THE MALIGN CUSTOM or even THE MUTUAL SUBTERFUGE.
And besides, CR could fit in a song. They chose not to.
Property of a Lady 85%
Risco 56%
THBR 8%
007 in NY would work if you use it on the music from CR66
Now back onto Topic
"Property of a lady" is the best suggestion I have heard so far. But I liked the idea of "Carte blanche" too.
I know the phrase translates as "the knitter" and was used to describe Rosa Klebb because she was commonly associated with knitting needles. However, historically, it was used to describe women who frequented public executions in Paris during the French Revolution. They used to sit around the guillotine while the executioners prepared their next victims. It could even be taken one step further and refer to an all-girl spy ring, perhaps. Maybe tied into this:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8352006/witchs-graveyard-unearthed-in-italy
A whole string of bodies show up with their jaws nailed shut. They are victims of La Tricoteuse, a group of female spies that Bond is investigating.
interestingthat goes with my idea that the leader of quantum is so terrifying so creepy that people would rather die then say his name.
Perhaps the punnishment of saying even a whisper of this man gets you jaw nailed shut.