James Bond Will Return : : Critical Perspectives on the 007 Film Franchise / / ed. by Claire Hines, Terence McSweeney, Stuart Joy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2024
• HerausgeberIn: Hines, Claire,; Joy, Stuart,; McSweeney, Terence,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2024]; 2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
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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on Terror" began, and as the visions of masculinity and femininity the series presented began to strike many viewers as outdated, the Bond formula has adapted to the changing times.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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: James Bond- Agent of Continuity and Change -- 1. Bond and the New Elizabethans: Tradition and Modernity in Dr. No (1962) -- 2. "A Real Labour of Love, as They Say": James Bond as a Sexual Plaything in From Russia with Love (1963) -- 3. The Midas Touch: Eastmancolor, the Bond Franchise, and Goldfinger (1964) -- 4. The Popular Geopolitics of Thunderball (1965): Look Up, Look Down, and Look Everywhere! -- 5. Bond in the East: Orientalism and the Exotic in You Only Live Twice (1967) -- 6. The Other Fellow: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) -- 7. Diamonds Are Forever (1971): 007 and Transatlantic States of Emergency -- 8. From Harlem to San Monique: Spatial Dichotomies, Voodoo, and Cultural Identity in Live and Let Die (1973) -- 9. "We All Get Our Jollies One Way or Another": The Perversity and Pleasure of Christopher Lee in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) -- 10. Nobody Does It Better: "Keeping the British End Up" at a Time of National Crisis in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) -- 11. Moonraker (1979) and the Canvas of Escapism -- 12. The Spectre of Death: Revenge and Retribution in For Your Eyes Only (1981) -- 13. The (Clown) Suited Hero: James Bond, Costume, Gender, and Disguise in Octopussy (1983) -- 14. Scowls and Cowls: Grace Jones, Costume Design, and A View to a Kill (1985) -- 15. "A Time When Indiscriminating Bed- Hopping Is Definitely Not Advisable": Safe- Sex References in the UK Press Reception of The Living Daylights (1987) -- 16. Bond in the New World Orders: Licence to Kill (1989) -- 17. Cold War Nostalgia, (Geo)Political Progress, and James Bond in GoldenEye (1995) -- 18. Bond by the Numbers: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) -- 19. Bond at the Crossroads: The World Is Not Enough (1999) -- 20. The Digital Domain of Die Another Day (2002) -- 21. What Matters More: Hierarchies of Value in Casino Royale (2006) -- 22. "Like a Bullet . . .": Speed, Economy, and Canonical Continuity in Quantum of Solace (2008) -- 23. "Sometimes the Old Ways Are the Best": Technology and the Body in a Gothic Reading of Sam Mendes's Skyfall (2012) -- 24. "It's Always Been Me": Spectrality, Hauntings, and Retcon in Spectre (2015) -- 25. No Time to Die (2021) and The Spy Who Loved #MeToo? -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index