The Circus Paradigm in the James Bond Films (film analysis)
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- In-depth film analysis detailing on multiple levels of how the James Bond films are hugely underpinned by the circus and theatrical framing of their stories, which contributes to the films' strong lasting appeal to this day. This film analysis explores nearly all of the Bond films up to The Living Daylights on topics ranging from character tropes, to use of locations and cultures, to lighting effects, incorporation of theatrical shows and spectacular stunts, audience dynamics, and more.
Written, narrated and edited by Movie Archaeologist
Special thanks to Rob Ager, Adam, Jason, Diproo, Jed & Ryan.
Extremely good upload
Hi there.
Rob Ager recommends I definitely take a look, v much like this and asking for more content, great work.
Came here from a reccomendation from collective learning. Great video! Love the detail and effort you put into this topic. Hope to see more!
here from Collatives recommendation! great vid bud.
Well worth watching, thank you!
Collative learning sent me.
All the decades of the James Bond franchise and this video comes out the same week I start making some notes on the subject. Synchronicity is very real! Though this is far better researched and expressed than I could manage, excellent video!
The only point I could add is that while its somewhat lost in the movie, which went in a different direction for the character, in the novel for From Russia with Love, Red Grant very much falls into the villain circus freak / circus animal archetype. He's the son of a circus weightlifter, and competes himself as a boxer at County fairs and shows, going over to the Russians after being reprimanded by the army for fighting too brutally in a regimental boxing match. The very first chapter focuses entirely on describing him, as something animalistic or reptilian, and many characters have an instinctual revulsion of him. He also has a literal case of 'lunacy', with clear werewolf implications, not to mention the Russians keeping him almost literally in a cage, like a dangerous animal. There's doubtless many other examples you could find in the novel.
And that intentionality of the name "Bibi" becomes very clear if you look at her surname 😉
Cheers for your points! I have read a few Ian Fleming novels in my teens, including From Russia, but I forgot about Grant's childhood background... Now that you mentioned it, maybe Ian Fleming's own novels did contribute to the film adaptations having the circus themes. I think there was one henchman in maybe Diamonds are Forever novel who was described to have some sort of wart on his thumb that he sucks. I should've gave more credit to Fleming. :)
If rob ager recommends I’m there
Rob Ager brought me here. Excellent analysis.
Berkoff actually played Hitler in War and Remembrance, adapted after two novels by Herman Wouk .
Here cause of Rob Ager... I subscribed
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David Jones (your comment is not coming up here for some reason, but I saw it on my notifications). Yes, Thunderball does have some details very relevant to points I make, it even has people wearing big fluffy dices on their heads! I didn't include clips of it, though, partly because I was in a hurry to finish my vid at the time, and I wasn't as keen on Thunderball compared to the other Sean Connery Bond films.
Rob Agar is right.
I'm looking forward to more content from this creator.
* _Ager_ ─yes, he is good; look for his channel "Collative Learning" 🙂
I like that Clint Eastwood joke you made really his 🍝 westerns don't get the respect that they deserve.
Seriously, 007 was never more cold-blooded than when he pushes (kicks) the assassin's car off the cliff in For Your Eyes Only
I think that's more of a revenge killing. Daniel Craig's Bond is certainly the most cold-blooded... but he lacks the genuine heart of the classic Bonds (it's partly the scriptwriters' fault).
I had just finished going through and rewatching all of the bond films in order, the timing couldn’t be more perfect. Thank you for an interesting and well thought out analysis. What are your thoughts of all of the Bond parodies over the years, i.e. Austin Powers? Would you consider them a circus performance’s parody of a circus performance?
Edit: just caught your section at the end of the movie about parody’s influence on Bond over the years, very interesting
It would not surprise me if that is the case. I've only ever seen bits of Austin Powers as a kid, so I can barely remember. I think it did have an ending where the main characters see themselves played onscreen with Tom Cruise, etc.
Great job!
Excellent
Great video.
Roger Moore must be your favorite 007 I'm guessing.
I like all of the Bond actors (with Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig being the weaker ones), and I find it a bit tough to decide between Sean Connery and Roger Moore... but yes, I'd pick Roger at a push. 🙂
@@moviearchaeologist9655 He's ok but Sean the dude he's the first and first is original.
Rob send me here
More uploads plse
Is this Jonafim Woss?
I'm hiss harf-Chinese couzin 😉
@@moviearchaeologist9655 Chinese? Or Japanese like the fencing outfit in Moonraker? Or Thai like the dancers in Man With the Golden Gun?
@@mikewyz "It's between Vietnam and Thailand, okay? Population 4.7 million!"
Not getting voice
If you can't understand me, you can try switch on the subtitles / cc. Skimming through the transcript, I'm surprised it's quite accurate with the occasional silly mistake.
@@moviearchaeologist9655 Let me clear it further. Yesterday this video was playing without an audio i hv tried everything but no luck. But today it got fixed automatically. So everthing is fine now.
By the way i am here after Rob's recommendation.