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Never Say Never Again as forever been an outlier in the James Bond franchise, too far removed to be a proper Bond movie but also too close to really be anything else. In this video essay, I take a look at the bizarre Thunderball remake and consider its failings as a film, as a Bond film, and as an opportunity to do something unique.
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Filmography: https://letterboxd.com/pgcooper/list/never-say-never-again-is-a-waste-filmography/
Works Cited:
License to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films. James Chapman. 2007.
Music Featured:
Secret Tapes 9 by Mystified
Setup With an E by Small Colin
Fragmented Pianos by Mikael Lind
Carnival by smallertide
Symphony No. 1: Hope? by Steve Combs
Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music
And Never Come Back by Soft and Furious
Both Flanks by Small Colin
Serial Killer by John Bartmann
Tender Moment by John Bartmann
More Eyebrow Cinema:
Being John Malkovich and the Office Movies of 1999 - https://youtu.be/sI3Obe0tiDU
The Plot Holes of Vertigo (and why they don't matter) - https://youtu.be/xP9EDhntal4
The Decay of Cinema - https://youtu.be/hjDNtwh2i5M
Chris Benoit and Separating the Art from the Artist - https://youtu.be/dGavvwRyomE
Sleepless in Seattle - Crying at Action Movies - https://youtu.be/UZLyIdVeLaM
Star Wars Can't Move On - https://youtu.be/ESWgz-lcUuE
Contextualizing Insomnia - Nolan's Secret Gem - https://youtu.be/IUef5zrtRQ4
Movie Theaters and the Value of Inconvenience - https://youtu.be/uZdl9D7NWBI
Action and Pacifism in Castle in the Sky - https://youtu.be/fuIhAH8mnSM
How Terence Young Made James Bond - https://youtu.be/2sTt_nkgGFE
Hierarchies of Violence in The Shining - https://youtu.be/tMw2YWOBeoM
The Curious Case of Forrest and Benjamin - https://youtu.be/gWAg1suGwnM