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Author: André Millard Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN: 1421426641 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 223
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Taking a wide-ranging look at factual (and fictional) technology, Millard views the James Bond universe as evidence for popular perceptions of technological development as both inevitably progressive and apocalyptically threatening.
Author: André Millard Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN: 1421426641 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 223
Book Description
Taking a wide-ranging look at factual (and fictional) technology, Millard views the James Bond universe as evidence for popular perceptions of technological development as both inevitably progressive and apocalyptically threatening.
Author: Claire Hines Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 0231556969 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 238
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For over six decades, James Bond has been a fixture of global culture, universally recognizable by the films’ combination of action set pieces, sex, political intrigue, and outrageous gadgetry. But as the British Empire entered the final stages of collapse, as the Cold War wound down and the “War on Terror” began, and as the visions of masculinity and femininity the series presented began to strike many viewers as outdated, the Bond formula has adapted to the changing times. Spanning the franchise’s entire history, from Sean Connery’s iconic swagger to Daniel Craig’s rougher, more visceral interpretation of the superspy, James Bond Will Return offers both academic readers and fans a comprehensive view of the series’s transformations against the backdrop of real-world geopolitical intrigue and sweeping social changes. Leading scholars consider each of the twenty-five films in the series, showing how and why Bond has changed and what elements of the formula have stood the test of time. Each chapter examines a single film from a distinct position, giving readers a full picture of the variety and breadth of the longest-running series in cinema history. Close formal readings; production histories; tracings of the political, social, and historical influences; analyses of the series’ use of then-new filmmaking technologies; reflections on the star personas that have been built around the character—these and many more approaches combine to produce a wide-ranging view of the James Bond film franchise. Essential reading for Bond scholars and aficionados alike, James Bond Will Return brings out the many surprising complexities of an iconic character.
Author: Archer Reynolds Publisher: ISBN: 9781521012116 Category : Languages : en Pages : 37
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James Bond is a fiction British secret spy working for M6 created by novelist Ian Fleming. James Bond has mesmerized us with his spy tactics in the movie series franchise. How he is able to follow up on leads and solves a crime mystery to the end. Many have tried to kill him but realized it was a bad move when he sends them to their graves early. In the 21st century, who can we learn from other than Bond, James Bond? This book aims at giving you an outlook of what it takes to be a spy the James Bond way.Through building self-confidence to seduction, each chapter will provide you with the tools needed to begin your training in the art of the most famous spy ever, 007.A look into the book:-Building Self-Confidence-The Bond Workout-Fighting Like Bond-Mastering Body Language-The Art of Seduction
Author: Daniel Ferreras Savoye Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476600120 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 209
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This book is an analysis of the most significant elements that compose the "Bond formula," such as names, binary oppositions and narrative patterns. It tackles Ian Fleming's novels as well as the 22 films of the Eon Productions series and follows the evolution of certain determining features (paradigms) from the text to the screen, to determine their function within the narration. This study reveals how the James Bond universe goes well beyond mere spy adventures to become a genre in itself as well as, now, a standard cultural reference. The book also shows that the underlying ideology of the James Bond narration is not as conservative as it might appear, for it promotes ideals of the Enlightenment period such as secularity, pragmatism and the common good.
Author: Fergus Fleming Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1632864908 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 401
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On August 16, 1952, Ian Fleming wrote to his wife, Ann, "My love, This is only a tiny letter to try out my new typewriter and to see if it will write golden words since it is made of gold." He had bought the golden typewriter as a present to himself for finishing his first novel, Casino Royale. It marked in glamorous style the arrival of James Bond, agent 007, and the start of a career that saw Fleming become one the world's most celebrated thriller-writers. And he did write golden words. Before his death in 1964 he produced fourteen best-selling Bond books, two works of non-fiction and the famous children's story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. Fleming's output was matched by an equally energetic flow of letters. He wrote constantly, to his wife, publisher, editors, fans, friends and critics--and to the wife of the man whose name Fleming appropriated for his hero--charting 007's progress with correspondence that ranged from badgering Jonathan Cape about his quota of free copies--a coin was tossed and Fleming lost--to apologizing for having mistaken a certain brand of perfume and for equipping Bond with the wrong kind of gun. His letters also reflect his friendship with such contemporaries as Raymond Chandler, Noel Coward and Somerset Maugham. This entertaining and engaging compilation traces the arc of Fleming's literary career and details the inner working of James Bond. Set against the backdrop of his Jamaican retreat Goldeneye, and a troubled marriage, Fleming's letters are filled with wit, humor and occasional self-doubt. They reveal an intimate portrait of a man, an era and a literary phenomenon.
Author: Tom DeMichael Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1480337862 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 400
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A favorite of film followers for 50 years James Bond is the hero loved by everyone: Men want to be just like him women just want to be with him. Moviegoers around the world have spent more than $5 billion to watch his adventures across the last five decades. What's not to enjoy about such a glorious multitude of gadgets gals grand locations and grandiose schemes hatched by master villains and megalomaniacs? Now ÊJames Bond FAQÊ is a book that takes on the iconic cinema franchise that's lasted for so many years. Sometimes serious as SPECTRE sometimes quirkier than Q but always informative this FAQ takes the reader behind-the-scenes as well as in front of the silver screen. Everyone's included: Connery Lazenby Moore Dalton Brosnan and Craig; little-known facts about TV's first shot at 007 the same Bond story that was made into two different films; whatever happened to those wonderful cars and gizmos that thrilled everyone; plus much more. It's a book for the casual as well as hardcore James Bond fan. ÊJames Bond FAQÊ is filled with biographies synopses production stories and images and illustrations seldom seen in print leaving little else to be said about the world's favorite secret agent. This book includes a foreword by Eunice Gayson.
Author: André Millard
Author: André Millard
Author: Claire Hines
Author: Michael Dorflinger
Author: Archer Reynolds
Author: Sally Hibbin
Author: Sally Hibbin
Author: Daniel Ferreras Savoye
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Author: Tom DeMichael