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Personality: Ian Fleming A tour with the creator of James Bond, Goldfinger, and the insidious Dr. No as he seeks sin—Chicago-style. (Rogue: Designed for Men, Feb. 1961) By William F. Nolan In this glittering age of specialization, when the …
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If I was in charge of a publishing house I'd establish a series called "The Greatest Films Never Made," devoted to publishing great unused scripts. Casino Royale could easily be a three volume project: one for Ben Hecht's script, another for Joseph …
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I notice that rule three ("Beware of motorcars with 2 women in the front seat") harks back to chapter 11 of Thunderball ("two women in the front seat of a car constantly distract each other's attention from the road ahead and four women are more tha…
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Some recent Fleming news: on a Bond Facebook group I came across the Daily Mail article "Ian Fleming's rules for life are revealed as James Bond creator's private notebook goes up for auction." As Heritage Auctions reveals, the rules are from a 3…
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Mr. Fleming Escapes from Belgravia—Thanks to James Bond By Thomas Wiseman (Evening Standard, Oct. 7, 1960) Mr. Ian Fleming, gentlemanly chronicler of the bizarre and ungentlemanly adventures of James Bond, secret agent, did something very unus…
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Heritage Auctions is currently offering "700+ Pages of Early Scripts and Developmental Materials by Wolf Mankowitz and Others from the Genesis of the Movie Casino Royale." A couple of sample images:
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Dragonpol wrote: » Being a big fan and defender of Octopussy I wouldn't mind reading that but sadly it's behind a paywall. Try this. Let me know if it doesn't work.
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The Telegraph has recently published a surprisingly readable article on the film: "'We wouldn’t get away with any of it today': is Octopussy the most outrageous Bond ever?"
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I hope to post the full half-hour version, along with a transcript, after I've finished posting all the print interviews. That won't be for a while, so this clip is a good appetizer.
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Birdleson wrote: » Those three fan clubs mentioned are our ancestors. Yes, the only differences are that we're on the internet and don't spend our money on Berettas. I also want to call attention to these superbly insightful sentences: "…
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James Bond and Me Ian Fleming interviewed by Anne Britton (Books and Bookmen, May 1960) Just eight years ago a character called James Bond was born. His dossier kept by the Russian organization SMERSH described him: “eyes: blue; hair: black…
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FYEO. He'd fully settled into the role with TSWLM; in FYEO he wears it like an old suit, with quiet assurance and style. He had grown more avuncular with age but was not yet too old, and his acting is more nuanced and sensitive--effectively sombre i…
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To paraphrase Fleming, I consider myself a patriotic sort of chap, but the Fourth of July has turned into an excuse for jerks to light illegal fireworks at any place and time. I spent the holiday weekend in Sacramento, Oakland, and San Francisco, an…
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slide_99 wrote: » Spectre would have worked better with Mr. White as the villain. They could've done the same basic plot with him trying to control global surveillance while Bond falls in love with his daughter. That definitely could have …
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The DC animated film Batman: Soul of the Dragon has at least seven James Bond references, including a screamingly obvious one in the first scene--the entire pre-credits sequence is a Bond homage.
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It's a gritty, grinding, feel-bad movie, but Connery is utterly superb in his non-glamorous, non-flashy part. A must-see for anyone who wants to see Connery at his best.
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[Caption: Photographer Norman Eales offers his own interpretation of the James Bond girl. Essential elements: the beautifully wide cheekbones; the hair that falls fine and free; the mobile mouth, the unpainted fingernails; a crisp white silk shirt a…
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Escalus5 wrote: » anything with George Sanders is automatically worth watching.) Can't disagree there. Sanders is always captivating. I have a couple of Saint books that I've been shamefully tardy in getting around to; if The Saint in New Y…
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Yes, good point. The Saint stems from the gentleman-thief tradition of Lupin and Raffles, whereas Bond is a company man who nevertheless has an exiting job and whose tastes entice the reader. The Saint drives a made-up car called the Hirondel, where…
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mtm wrote: » I said "I think they'd have worked very well together". I don't know for sure, I didn't claim to. Compare with your statement that "He would have had zero chemistry with Diana Rigg". On a message board I don't regard it as nece…
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Ludovico wrote: » Great analysis @Revelator ! Questions for everyone: why did Bond succeed where Templar felt short? I have a few answers myself: mainly Fleming is a superior writer and Bond is unique in himself, if that makes sense. For all his …
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Birdleson wrote: » @Revelator is not baiting anyone. I know him personally, he’s a serious film historian. That’s intrinsic to how he makes his living. Whether you agree with him or not, he’s not just trying to rile people. Thank you @Bird…
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I don't agree at all. Nor do I think Roger Moore would have done very well in OHMSS. He would have had zero chemistry with Diana Rigg and she would have made him look lightweight and artificial. Lazenby worked well alongside of her because Hunt used…
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There were a lot of moments in "The Bond Phenomenon" when I called BS on poor old Charteris. And knowing that anything less than fulsome praise could be twisted or selectively misquoted to make me sound snide, petty or jealous...I have always st…
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No, because everything we know about the third Dalton film suggests it would have been lighter than LTK. The Craig movies stayed "serious" because they were never punished for it at the box office (though one could argue that SF was a slight course …
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A Bond connection: two episodes of Philip Marlowe, Private Eye ("Smart Aleck Kill" and "The Pencil") were directed by Peter Hunt.
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Well said! One of the major differences between their prose styles is that Fleming was\ influenced by Hemingway (and Chandler) and Charteris wasn't.
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The James Bond Phenomenon By Leslie Charteris (The Saint Magazine, March 1966) FOREWORD: The following article was specially commissioned by a new American magazine, Diplomat, and in it will be found all my reservations about the assignment…
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moneyofpropre2 wrote: » Thanks, btw, thing that came help you. It's came from a chap named Ihsan... And what a smart, handsome chap he is! He happens to be me. All the articles I listed on Facebook will be showing up in this thread. Bird…
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Behind Bond By Philip Oakes (Lilliput, Oct. 1958) Even on a wartime memo, the scheme looked wild enough to succeed. First, take a captured Nazi plane; load it with four British agents (all speaking German); crash land it in the path of a Germa…
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