11 August 2005Cinema
From Russia with Love

Considered by many to be one of the best James Bond films ever made, this second outing moves between Venice, Istanbul and other European locales as agent 007 tries to nab a top-secret Russian decoding machine. Features the first appearance by Q (Desmond Llewelyn), a blond Robert Shaw playing a nasty heavy, and even Bond author Ian Fleming in a brief non-speaking cameo during a scene at the train station.

This is description of From Russia with Love from AMC which is showing the movie as part of it's Complete Bond series. Somehow, in all my years of watching Bond films, I never caught a screening of From Russia with Love. So it was refreshing as hell to see Sean Connery in a new setting with a new plot after seeing all the other films god knows how many times. On top of that, AMC is showing completely remastered versions in, get this, letterbox. Holy fucking shit, will wonders never cease.

Posted by andrew at August 11, 2005 07:52 PM


Comments

John Says:

Great movie. Still, as far as I'm concerned the series reached it's zenith with Goldfinger;

Bond: Do you expect me to talk?
Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!

And

BOND: Who are you?
Pussy: My name is Pussy Galore.
BOND: I must be dreaming.

Throw in Oddjob (sadly no lines for me to quote) and the result is Shirley Bassey belting out "GOLDFINGERRRRRRR HE'S THE MAN, THE MAN WITH THE MIDAS TOUCH......"

Priceless, golden even.

August 12, 2005 10:31 AM
Andrew Writes:

Wah-Wah--Waah! Wah-Wah--Waah! Yes, Goldfinger has it's moments. I love the whole golf scene. It's so retro with the Slazenger balls. It's great. But I've seen it so many times so for the moment it can't compare to the newness of From Russia with Love.

August 12, 2005 10:34 AM




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