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ggl007 wrote: » You can check it yourself... more or less :) https://www.theflemingvilla.com/the-experience/ Thanks--still no windows! I wish they'd turned it into a museum, since it would take several decades of penny-pinching for me to af…
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You're very welcome! I wonder if Goldeneye is still without windows, now that it's become a luxury resort. I have to admit that when I first read this interview I was apprehensive that Fleming was going to discuss "race and colour," but his remar…
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An interview with—Ian Fleming By H. Doug Campbell (The Sunday Gleaner, Feb. 10, 1963) Ian Fleming, English novelist, took time off from writing a new book at his holiday home, “Goldeneye,” in Oracabessa to discuss nuclear disarmament and race …
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Since "hammiest" has pejorative tones I won't nominate Berkoff--his performance is intentionally over-the-top but also carefully modulated, with moments of quietness between the bombast. He's portraying a self-dramatic, psychotic martinet and his pe…
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The Man Behind Secret Agent 007 Our Sleuth in London Tracks Down Author Ian Fleming, Creator of the World's Currently-Most-Popular Fiction Tough Guy. By Arthur Veysey (Chicago Daily Tribune, Nov. 18, 1962) That impeccable, unique Britisher,…
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Yes, there's a definite similarity. But while Curry sounds like he's putting on a funny voice, Hammil's version sounds lived-in, less constricted, and more natural, with that afore-mentioned maniacal glee. Curry's broad attempt at an American carny …
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Yes, very good news. I enjoyed the first two "seasons," even if some people had problems with them. They're not on the level of the very best episodes of BTAS/TNBA but still superior to modern Batman comics and they retain the spirit of the show. I …
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You're very welcome, and I'd be happy to be described as such!
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Thanks everyone for the congratulations and kind words. I'm glad folks enjoyed the review, and I hope more people will feel encouraged to share their reactions to the book here.
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Haunted by his Creation Tarantulas in Bed—Just Routine By Tom Cullen (Salisbury Times [Syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association], May 31, 1962) James Bond, better known as British Secret Service Agent 007, has had more close brushes wit…
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My review of With a Mind to Kill is now online at Artistic Licence Renewed. I was hoping it would get some reactions but I didn't expect this one.
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ColonelAdamski wrote: » I did a little research after reading it, and was surprised how stung Fleming appeared to be by the criticism of it. @ColonelAdamski This was because the novel was partly autobiographical, which also explains why Fl…
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I don't think anyone is interested in seeing an 83 year old man brag about his sexual exploits in graphic detail. If grandpa wants to tell us about his salad days he needs to do so with a touch of class and savoir faire. Otherwise he'll come off as …
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Yes, that's what I was thinking as well. Chuck was a nice guy but we didn't see him long enough to be affected by his death. It would have been so much better to have Hedison's Leiter return, though the filmmakers would have needed to devise reasons…
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Note: This week's post is a collection of snippets, short interviews, excerpts from otherwise unremarkable interviews, and various appearances Fleming made in newspaper columns. I'll resume posting full-length interviews after I return from my vacat…
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thelivingroyale wrote: » Cheers mate great post, knew you’d be able to help. So is the “dreadful” quote from the Andrew Lycett biography bollocks then, or did he just rate Connery but not the film? You're welcome! I'll have to try sourcing …
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Like several other people I'd love for the 4K remasters of the Bond films to be released on Blu-Ray. I'd also like to see a book based on actual access to the EON archives, rather than another oral history. Taschen sort of did this, but the text …
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thelivingroyale wrote: » Have they been documented though? Fleming called Dr No dreadful, that’s documented. Fleming didn’t want Sean Connery, that’s documented. Fleming was researching his own Scottish ancestry before making Bond Scottish, that’s…
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MakeshiftPython wrote: » Which is why it’s too bad the film version never allows her to tell her side of the story. It all has to come from M’s conjecture. So even though we’re supposed to take her word and wisdom on why Vesper did what she did, i…
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Godard was the Bob Dylan of cinema--he revolutionized and reinvigorated movies after they'd gotten bloated and comfortable in the early 60s. Like Dylan, his glory years spanned the 1960s and his work afterward was variable (sometimes insufferable) a…
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The Ian Fleming? By Hollis Alpert (Saturday Review, May 26, 1962) “There’s only one gun for that, sir,” said Major Boothroyd stolidly. “Smith and Wesson Centennial Airweight. Revolver. .38 calibre. Hammerless, so it won’t catch in clothing. Ov…
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MakeshiftPython wrote: » Heck, Casino Royale published just one year after her succession. The next guy will be the first Bond EVER to not serve Queen Elizabeth II. Yes, it's incredibly strange to realize she became Queen shortly before Bon…
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Thank you for the kind words gentlemen! My life would be complete if I ever got to write one of those BFI Film Classics books on OHMSS. They're about to publish one on FRWL by the way.
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QoS has a very good ending, though I can't say I was really moved by it. Upthread I nominated NTTD's ending as the series' worst, so 'nuff said there. TSWLM and OP have fun endings that don't leave a mark. And I disliked CR turning a bleak ending in…
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The topic is somewhat imprecise--is it asking if CR is a masterpiece among Bond films, a masterpiece among action/adventure films, or a masterpiece of cinema overall? I don't think any Bond films are masterpieces of cinema overall. I think FRWL, …
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Thanks for the excellent photos and info--I didn't know this was going on in LA. I was curious about the DB5--according the helpful website it's not the GF one but it was used in GF, TND, SF, SP, and NTTD.
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You're very welcome @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 --there's plenty more to come every Friday in the weeks and months ahead, though I'll be taking a vacation in late September. Fleming's Bond is forever in the DNA of the cinematic Bond...and as John Pearson …
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"The Talk of the Town": Bond's Creator By Geoffrey T. Hellman (The New Yorker, April 14, 1962) Ian Fleming, whose nine Secret Service thrillers (Casino Royale, Doctor No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia with Love, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, …
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0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: » I saw that a book was released collecting a lot of Fleming's letters to different people, and it seemed like an interesting read (The Man with the Golden Typewriter, I believe). Do you think that would be a good reso…
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mtm wrote: » There must be an adventure film in Batman somewhere, where he gets to do cool things and sock baddies. The '66 Batman film answers to that description, along with the first season of the TV show. They look great on Blu-ray too.
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