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Living the American dream — in Scotland: Classic US cars may look iconic but there are many reasons why we don't drive them here, as we learnt on our daftest Grand Tour yet By Jeremy Clarkson (Sunday Times, July 18) [Note: this article contains v…
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Alas, I cannot work up enough enthusiasm for Chopping's style to recant! I like the designs and concepts of the covers, which usually came from Fleming himself. But Chopping's style of trompe l'oeil has always seemed a tad corny to my eye, and lacki…
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mattjoes wrote: » I wonder what Russell felt Fleming's critique was missing. Did he disagree with Fleming's positive opinion of the book, or did he merely find his observations on it and the subject matter off base? I'm not sure what failing to co…
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Note: When I started this thread I decided against posting "How to Write a Thriller" because it was easily found on many other websites. But I recently acquired scans of the original article from *Show* magazine and realized the online versions are…
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I didn't know Dave Kehr had reviewed LTK--thanks for posting that piece. He's a very good but very tough critic, so I'm glad he thought so highly of LTK. These passages stand out: "...this is an altogether darker, more brooding Bond, whose appear…
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Thunderpussy wrote: » The New Republic: Review: “The World Is Not Enough” Explores the Failures That Made Ian Fleming. https://newrepublic.com/article/162964/failures-made-ian-fleming-james-bond-biography-review Thanks for letting us know …
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mtm wrote: » Oh yes I remember watching that at the time, it's a very good doco. I'm the guy who uploaded it to YouTube, so of course I agree.
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A pair of old magazines with golden Fleming content:
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Sir Thomas Urquhart's translation of Rabelais introduced me to the magnificent word "metagrobolized".
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I think the FYEO pre-credits sequence has a great start but falls apart at the end: Blofeld is reduced to a panicky ninny and Bond is a little too detached and jokey with the man who murdered his wife. The DAF pre-credits sequence lacks any refer…
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According to Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, the New York publisher Michael J. Fine acquired American rights to the first twelve Bond books--the hardcover rights to TMWTGG and OP remained with their original stateside publisher, the New American Libr…
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It's also more humor than the scene needed. It was already enough that Bond used the snowmobile ski as a surfboard and then surfed on the water. Throwing a Beach Boys song on top of this is like someone who tells you a joke and then elbows you in th…
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I've long puzzled over the covers of the James Bond Classic Library. Several are excellent and clearly depict events unique to the books: LALD, MR, DN, and TSWLM. But GF and YOLT show events that only happened in the films! Did the artist not bother…
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It happens to the best of us! Whenever I need to quickly check something in Fleming, I consult Project Gutenberg Canada, which has uploaded all but one of the Bond books, and do a text search. Fleming is public domain in Canada and the uploads are e…
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Dragonpol wrote: » Come to think of it he could have played Milton Krest in a faithful adaptation of Ian Fleming’s 'The Hildebrand Rarity' (1960). Krest was described there as having a face exactly like that of Humphrey Bogart. Not quite: "…
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Thrasos wrote: » ^^^ Agreed...great hearing about a connection between Fleming and Chandler...I didn't know that. Fleming also wrote about his friendship with Chandler in this article. Fleming even persuaded Chandler to review Diamonds Are …
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A Fleming mention in Greil Marcus's latest "Real Life Rock Top 10" column for the Los Angeles Review of Books: 6. 'Raymond Chandler interviewed by Ian Fleming in 1958' (Video Vault/YouTube). From the BBC Archives, and just posted this month: as o…
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Thank you for updating--interesting review, I didn't know Champlin was a Fleming fan! Judging from the LA and NY Times, LALD seems to have enjoyed a positive critical reception in the US.
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Spending time in a meadow sounds very relaxing--far more so than hunting humans for sport. It's a pity nature has to mar her beauty for us by throwing in ticks and diseases, but she is ultimately indifferent to everyone, and everything in this world…
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Champlin's LALD review is not showing up.
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DarthDimi wrote: » For someone like me, who spends several hours every Summer day in long grass, amidst bushes and underneath trees Now you've piqued my curiosity! Why do you spend several hours a days lurking in the grass? Do you hunt huma…
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007InAction wrote: » Jaws (1975) Good movie about a fisherman and his pet shark... 👍 Ends like Old Yeller.
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MakeshiftPython wrote: » The novel has a good idea to it (the woman being the focal character), but I’d largely trash a lot of what Fleming laid out because there’s nothing inherently exciting about the protagonist simply bumping into Bond at some…
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MakeshiftPython wrote: » I hire writers with winning pitches, before snorting some blow. Off a hooker's chest I presume.
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Mallory wrote: » James Bond’s French haunts give licence to thrill (BBC) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57511356 The author knows his Fleming!
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The LALD pre-title isn't bad on its own but definitely suffers next to the best in the series. And it squanders the chance to give Roger Moore a really memorable introduction scene as Bond, in the way that OHMSS, TLD, GE and CS did (and DN, though i…
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On a similar note regarding Bond title sequences having to conform to what the audience has already seen, Maurice Binder had planned to use Egyptian imagery for The Spy Who Loved Me's titles and even went on a scouting trip to Egypt: “I went thro…
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Now I'm hearing Tom Jones belt "LARGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
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DarthDimi wrote: » What about King Arthur and First Knight? Just joking. ;-) Ah well, it's not actually bad, just mediocre, and seeing Connery as King Arthur was worth the price of admission. What other actor could so authoritatively pla…
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Ludovico wrote: » On a side note, I'm all for a King Arthur's cinematic universe. I've been wanting one since I watched Excalibur as a child. I would even settle for a good Arthurian film, though a trilogy would be better. The only truly go…
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