tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972551750106502067.post189235050744968589..comments2024-01-13T01:13:51.053-08:00Comments on Rank and File - A British Cinema Blog: Two Typeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14806856668490624641noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972551750106502067.post-254954750924423572013-10-02T07:28:31.651-07:002013-10-02T07:28:31.651-07:00"Her voice is way too seductive" - You s..."Her voice is way too seductive" - You say that like it's a bad thing.<br /><br />"no Bond would be off around the world saving the free world: he'd be stuck at home, being seduced by her voice." OK, possibly but see above.<br /><br />"Or is that just me?" - As you can probably tell, no, it's not just you.<br /><br />I've had a similar Bond conversation with Edward Marlowe and we both agree that it would be great to go back to the source material. The reboot with Daniel Craig would have been a perfect opportunity to do this but it was never going to happen. Reading Casino Royale again brought home to me what a small, personal story it is. It is all set in one small town, mostly in two or three locations (casino, hotel, beach house). The public were never going to buy that as a James Bond film, they have bigger expectations and demand multiple glamourous locations and a lot more plot than is in the books. Maybe a TV series is the way to go. The radio adaptations that the BBC have done with Toby Stevens were pretty good.<br /><br />That Louis Jourdan Dracula series was good but I haven't seen it since it was first on TV so don't know if it would stand the test of time. If I remember correctly some of the effects seemed pretty ropey even at the time (the Demeter on a very dodgy stormy seascape). And they made Mina and Lucy sisters for some reason. Ho hum...<br /><br />Fantasy Dracula casting sounds like fun.Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18287858889769768006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972551750106502067.post-23650398749939428542013-10-02T06:58:00.963-07:002013-10-02T06:58:00.963-07:00Hello Anton.
Joan Greenwood as Moneypenny? Not fo...Hello Anton. <br />Joan Greenwood as Moneypenny? Not for me. Her voice is way too seductive, no Bond would be off around the world saving the free world: he'd be stuck at home, being seduced by her voice. Or is that just me?<br />Good point about Lom not being physically big enough. Mind you, he was Ealing Studios first choice for a continental 'heavy'.<br /><br />I have long believed that someone should go back to the books and film them as they were written: i.e. in the 1950s. Whilst the recent Bond was a good action film, you and me are as near to Fleming's Bond as Daniel Craig is. And he runs like a freak! I think a TV series taken from the books would be ideal. If well-made (i.e. to the HBO standards) it would be a massive hit and wouldn't impact upon the films. Mind you i'm still waiting for the perfect version of Dracula that actually reflects the book. It would be a six hour, continental epic, in black and white. I think casting that might be my next slice of fantasy film making! the best version of Dracula I've seen is the 1970s BBC version with Louis Jordan. The BFI are going to be showing it next month, so i'll be looking forward to that.Two Typeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806856668490624641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972551750106502067.post-6047299497389637062013-10-01T02:21:02.968-07:002013-10-01T02:21:02.968-07:00Funnily enough I have just finished re-reading Cas...Funnily enough I have just finished re-reading Casino Royale. I like the Stanley Baker idea a lot - in the picture above he looks perfect. I'd go with Joan Greenwood as Moneypenny. I think you might get more chemistry with her - Virginia McKenna always strikes me as being rather cold.<br /><br />As for Le Chiffre, whilst Herbert Lom is a fine actor Fleming does describe Le Chiffre as being 5 foot 8 and 18 stone so a much larger man is called for. Sidney Greenstreet?<br /><br />AntonAntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18287858889769768006noreply@blogger.com