Best Shot Per Decade - GE , DAD & SP (The Finals pt:1)

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We're entering the 70's!

You can now submit your favorite shots for Diamonds Are Forever (1971) The First Bond film of the 70's! And the Return of Connery!

The deadline of submission is on September 10, 2022!

Note: Kindly put the title/name of each scene (shots/pictures).

*And no submitting of BTS or Promotional stills, it should be a screencap of the film scenes.

CraigMooreOHMSS

This one represents a real step back in terms of visualsm As far as I'm concerned, the only thing pretty about Diamonds Are Forever was this:



So, apart from Tiffany's Curious Case, I don't have any other contributions at this time. ;)

Benny

Right idea



Checking the time. Honest.



Hanging around the Vegas strip

R1s1ngs0n

Tag team

If looks could kill

M_Balje

Diamond in the fingers


Smile


Amsterdam


Olyphant in Las Vegas


Remember: 2 Million Sean...

Thunderfinger

Wint and Kidd


Kidd on fire


Moonfaker

marc

007 and counting

https://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Diamonds-Are-Forever/thumbnails/Diamonds-Are-Forever-666.jpg

At the Summer House

https://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Diamonds-Are-Forever/thumbnails/Diamonds-Are-Forever-563.jpg

If we destroy Kansas, the world may not hear about it for years

https://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Diamonds-Are-Forever/thumbnails/Diamonds-Are-Forever-721.jpg

echo

From the sublime to the ridiculous.

ToTheRight

Here's my contribution for best shot in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER..........

Pierce2Daniel

Pierce2Daniel wrote: »

#4 without a doubt

Also, can someone confirm if that is George Lazenby in the silhouette. I boosted the colour and it looks like him to me.

Did anyone have an answer for my above question?

Also, here is my contribution for DAF:

marc

Attack on Blofeld's lair

https://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Diamonds-Are-Forever/thumbnails/Diamonds-Are-Forever-766.jpg

Put it back, Mr. Bond

https://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Diamonds-Are-Forever/thumbnails/Diamonds-Are-Forever-727.jpg

Bonus: Arriving on the scene

https://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Diamonds-Are-Forever/thumbnails/Diamonds-Are-Forever-619.jpg

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

I think DAF is very underrated in the visual department. It's got some gorgeous cinematography and it was difficult to narrow down my selection to just five. Ted Moore shines once again, into a new decade.

Plenty O'Woman


Italian Standoff


Sleeping With the Fishes


Never Come Up For Air


Whyte Light

ProfJoeButcher

Great choices, @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 !

Dwayne

But, of Course You Are…


Blofeld?!


A Bit More Cheek Than Usual...If Only They Were Brains

SIS_HQ

Pierce2Daniel wrote: »

Pierce2Daniel wrote: »

#4 without a doubt

Also, can someone confirm if that is George Lazenby in the silhouette. I boosted the colour and it looks like him to me.

Did anyone have an answer for my above question?

Yes, it's him :)

GoldenGun

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

Plenty O'Woman


Italian Standoff

DAF isn’t quite TB / YOLT / OHMSS in the visual department, but I agree these two shots are pretty.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

@GoldenGun, I definitely think the film can hold its own in a lot of categories. It's by no means a badly shot film, and is quite wonderful, especially compared to later films where the spectacle and atmosphere is more neglected. Of the golden era, I find GF to be the slouch in terms of the visual department, while it is by no means a badly shot film itself. Just not to the level of all the others.

I'm just a big fan of stark lighting, wide shots that show off a great set (which thanks to Ken Adam, we have tons of!), perspective shots, shots with multiple points of interest, etc., which DAF has a lot of. I did a project years back where I cast all the first decade Bond films from DN to DAF in black and white, and that's where you can really see the beauty of these movies on full display. They are gorgeous in color, but some shots, particularly FRWL, take on an entirely different mood and bring out that Cold War spy thriller aesthetic. When a shot looks good in color or monochrome, you know the filmmakers really considered what they were shooting and how it was going to look on the big screen.

I think DAF's biggest strength is its location shooting, particularly Vegas. It's pretty crazy to watch it and see a part of the world that just doesn't exist anymore. It truly is a time capsule of the old Vegas, in all its debauchery, hysteria and glitzy ostentatiousness. There is also a sort of noir mood to it that I pick up on, with Bond playing a detective like role in the city in the desert, which I presented in a review of it I did. There's a lot to this movie that I really enjoy, for all its camp.

CraigMooreOHMSS

I think the big problem for me is that I never really found Vegas all that interesting to look at and DAF made it feel even flatter than a lot of other films do. Compound it with equally bland desert vistas and a pale gray Amsterdam and it's just not very stimulating to me.

ringfire211

Bond hiding out in the back of the van as it heads out into the desert (with that great eerie Barry score playing) is probably my favorite part of the film. As well as the following underground scene where Bond slips out and assumes the role of Klaus Hergersheimer (G section). It’s scenes like these that are gold even in lesser Bond films like this one. Just a great detective/mystery feel when the van goes into the desert. Again, Barry’s score adds a whole lot!

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

@CraigMooreOHMSS, I can't think of a place I'd rather not be at than Vegas, but I just think it makes for a fascinating, anything goes location that feels at home in a Bond adventure. A real lawless, cowboy kind of era, there. And I just love the night chase amidst all the crowds and gigantic, bright signage. That is a real standout section for me.

Dwayne

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

@CraigMooreOHMSS, I can't think of a place I'd rather not be at than Vegas, but I just think it makes for a fascinating, anything goes location that feels at home in a Bond adventure. A real lawless, cowboy kind of era, there. And I just love the night chase amidst all the crowds and gigantic, bright signage. That is a real standout section for me.

I have to side with @CraigMooreOHMSS on this one.

Despite the considerable talents behind cameras on DAF, Las Vegas is not exactly “scenic” IMO. Having been there several times over the years I can say that unless you like to gamble or to eat (the city is filled with lots of great restaurants), it can be kind of bland. And although the city has attempted to diversify in the years since the early 1970's, it can still come off that way. To paraphrase, Olivia Harrison (when it was decided to make Las Vegas the home of the CIRQUE DU SOLEIL’s “Love” show on The Beatles: "Vegas? Why Vegas?" **

Among DAF’s various locations, only Amsterdam holds any real promise, and it isn’t on screen that long. And as for the oil rig finale…. the less said the better.

** Great show BTW, and the annual "Fest for Beatles Fans" convention was held in 2007/2008 to take advantage of it. But during my stay, I really did struggle to find other things to do beside catching up on some stuff for work that I had taken with me!!!!

Jordo007

I love this thread, it's a great idea

I'm not too keen on DAF, but I'm sure they'll be a few decent options

GoldenGun

DAF, while not the pinnacle of the franchise, I’ve always appreciated. It has, as @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 pointed out, a certain time capsule feel to it that I quite enjoy.

Other Bond films have that too of course, and that’s partly why I, being a fairly melancholic person, just love to revisit these older Bond films.

goldenswissroyale

I like the shot where Bond is standing in front of the wall before he enters Whyte's villa. I can't find the specific shot online...

ProfJoeButcher

I'll try to find one later, but I genuinely love the shot of Bond on Whyte's elaborate toilet.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

Dwayne wrote: »

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

@CraigMooreOHMSS, I can't think of a place I'd rather not be at than Vegas, but I just think it makes for a fascinating, anything goes location that feels at home in a Bond adventure. A real lawless, cowboy kind of era, there. And I just love the night chase amidst all the crowds and gigantic, bright signage. That is a real standout section for me.

I have to side with @CraigMooreOHMSS on this one.

Despite the considerable talents behind cameras on DAF, Las Vegas is not exactly “scenic” IMO. Having been there several times over the years I can say that unless you like to gamble or to eat (the city is filled with lots of great restaurants), it can be kind of bland. And although the city has attempted to diversify in the years since the early 1970's, it can still come off that way. To paraphrase, Olivia Harrison (when it was decided to make Las Vegas the home of the CIRQUE DU SOLEIL’s “Love” show on The Beatles: "Vegas? Why Vegas?" **

Among DAF’s various locations, only Amsterdam holds any real promise, and it isn’t on screen that long. And as for the oil rig finale…. the less said the better.

** Great show BTW, and the annual "Fest for Beatles Fans" convention was held in 2007/2008 to take advantage of it. But during my stay, I really did struggle to find other things to do beside catching up on some stuff for work that I had taken with me!!!!

@Dwayne, I don't like what Vegas stood or stands for, nor do I think I'd catch myself dead there, but I still appreciate the look DAF gives us of a now non-existent time in history. There is a time capsule element to it that I enjoy, like hopping into a time machine.

And, as I said, I think Vegas is a great location to stage a Bond film, as it has a very "anything goes" kind of vibe to it that also evokes all the old noir trademarks and tropes. It could've been used better, absolutely, but I still enjoy it. It would be cool to see another Bond film really hone in on the nature of crime and have 007 on the trail of criminals as he follows the contraband pipeline, so to speak. I like that DAF lets Bond (and us with him) run into all manner of colorful killers, lowlifes, schemers and gangsters. It has a wild, but fun sensibility to it that I can tolerate more than Hamilton's later work. Sean being there makes it easier.

CraigMooreOHMSS

To be fair to DAF, very few films managed to capture Vegas in an interesting way to me. Scorcese's Casino is an obvious one, and that's obviously apples and oranges as a film to the former.

echo

Bond in (old) Vegas is a good conceit, one that I don't think the film pulls off.

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The Voting Lines for the best shot in Diamonds Are Forever (1971) is now open!


#1

Tiffany Curious Case

#2

Right idea

#3

Checking the time. Honest.

#4

Hanging around the Vegas strip

#5

Tag team

#6

If looks could kill

#7

Diamond in the fingers

#8

Smile

#9

Amsterdam

#10

Olyphant in Las Vegas

#11

Remember: 2 Million Sean....

#12

Wint and Kidd

#13

Kidd on fire

#14

Moonfaker

#15

007 and counting

#16

At the Summer House

#17

If we destroy Kansas, the world may not hear about it for years

#18

How ooooohh! Is it?

#19

Tiffany Case sunbathing

#20

Plenty O'Woman

#21

Italian Standoff

#22

Sleeping With the Fishes

#23

Never Come Up For Air

#24
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Whyte Light

#25

But, of Course You Are…

#26

Blofeld?!

#27

A Bit More Cheek Than Usual...If Only They Were Brains

#28

Attack on Blofeld's lair

#29

Put it back, Mr. Bond

#30

Bonus: Arriving on the scene

Benny

#2