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The Bondian Cold War

2 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read

Alexander Haig was a board member of MGM/UA Entertainment Company in the early 1980s, which released Red Dawn (1984).

'He called it “one of the most realistic and provocative films that I have ever seen,” adding that it offered “a clear lesson to all viewers, and that is the importance of American strength to protect the peace we have enjoyed throughout history.” '

He arranged a private screening in Washington for prominent figures in the defence and intelligence establishments
Mark Weinberg, Movie Nights with the Reagans, pp. 167-8

nytimes.com/1983/01/10/bus…

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The Bondian Cold War

@BondianCW

3 Oct

The whole 'licence to kill' issue is up and running again...but misses the point by a country mile, which is Bond was never a traditional intelligence office, nor meant to be

And also takes a very narrowly British view of espionage and assassination, which is not followed by all, and no, not just the Soviets/Russians

And misses the legacy of Bond's military, para-military roots

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The Bondian Cold War

@BondianCW

2 Oct

*Cough*

Yet to hear any serious discussion of how the end of the era Bond films tend to be self-referential, as was Pierce Brosnan's DAD.

But where #NTTD goes further, without giving anything away, is to the literary Bond.

Nothing new in being self-referential in the films, OHMSS started the trend with GL's the scenes in Bond's office

https://twitter.com/BondianCW/status/1444193260679860230?s=20

I'll plonk this in here

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The Bondian Cold War

@BondianCW

1 Oct

*Rolls eyes*
And that's just at the headline

Here we go...paragraph 1...

More or less every plot since Dr No...

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The Bondian Cold War

@BondianCW

1 Oct

Rewatched Skyfall last night in advance of seeing NTTD today.
Must admit I wasn't a massive fan of the film on the first viewing, and maybe I've now seen it 2-3 times, but having seen it again I think it's a lot better than I thought.

Above all else what stands out is the sheer quality of Roger Deakins's cinematography.
Not sure I really appreciated how extensively the shot composition, framing and centring shaped what we see on screen

filmword.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-ci…

Quite simply there's not 1 sloppy or duff shot in the entire film.
Really struggling to think of another Bond that comes close to that.
Not to suggest they're poorly made, although I can think of 1 film which is at best shot like a TV show

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