AJB live commentary on THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN

Barbel

Shady Tree wrote:

I have a theory that Cubby's obvious liking for Maud in terms of casting (and repeated casting) is that she looked rather like an idealised Dana.

Oooh, very possible!

Barbel

Bond's aunt is called Charmain.

Shady Tree

An awful mis-step for Moore's Bond - brutalising Andrea. He seems hardly more sympathetic than Scaramanga in his treatment of her. Is Scaramanga the dark side of Bond, or is Bond the lighter side of Scaramanga?

Barbel

Adams and Moore are great here.

Higgins

The street where the Bottom‘s up existed is not there anymore.

ISquare Shopping mall covers the old 2 blocks

Number24

Is it in TMWTGG we see Moore's Bond at his coldest?

Barbel

Gymkata wrote:

I won't spoil anything, but it's DePalma's most overt homage to Hitchcock.

More than "Obsession"?

Higgins

****, my Bluray is fucked
Timestamps, please

Barbel

Another cue not on the OST

Shady Tree

Apparently there was some sort of 'indecency' scandal at the Bottoms Up club some years after this.

Barbel

Gibson is just about to exit the club

Thunderbird 2

Number24 wrote:

Is it in TMWTGG we see Moore's Bond at his coldest?

I’m beginning to think so. He has his moments in FYEO, but they are balanced more with humour.
He seems more generally peeved and ruthless here.

Barbel

Music “Hip’s Trip” As with Shady, I like this cue a lot

Number24

Christopher Lee often spoke of being heavily involved in special forces in WWII, but as far as I understand we only have his word for it.
His claims are questionable.

Barbel

Thunderbird 2 wrote:

Number24 wrote:

Is it in TMWTGG we see Moore's Bond at his coldest?

I’m beginning to think so. He has his moments in FYEO, but they are balanced more with humour.
He seems more generally peeved and ruthless here.

I agree.

Barbel

Number24 wrote:

Christopher Lee often spoke of being heavily involved in special forces in WWII, but as far as I understand we only have his word for it.
His claims are questionable.

It's in the nature of things that such claims aren't provable. He did only hint at it.

Shady Tree

The first example of Hip's incompetence... failing to retrieve the Solex. And then pointlessly not letting Bond know he's on the same team...

Barbel

I love this sequence

Number24

Maud Adams is also very different in TMWTGG and OP. Her character in OP is much warmer and confident. Shows her skill as an actress.

Shady Tree

Lee's scenes with Maud are all about reprising his Dracula (but in another genre).

Barbel

Ted Moore, cinematographer of previous Bonds, had to be replaced with Oscar-winner Ossie Morris at very short notice. (Stories vary as to why) Nevertheless, this is one of the most beautifully photographed Bond movies.

Number24

Here we have the bizarre touch again. I like it.

Barbel

Shady Tree wrote:

Lee's scenes with Maud are all about reprising his Dracula (but in another genre).

Well, he had plenty of practice!

Thunderbird 2

The set pieces in the QE1 is beautifully done.


Oh Shut Up Q!

Shady Tree

Number24 wrote:

Maud Adams is also very different in TMWTGG and OP. Her character in OP is much warmer and confident. Shows her skill as an actress.

Agreed. And by playing Andrea's victimisation so sympathetically here she almost subverts the film by making Bond seem unsympathetic. She subsequently said she wished she'd played Andrea differently, as a tougher character.

Higgins

Gymkata wrote:

My God, Lee is magnificent here in this scene where he gets on his boat and caresses Maud with the gun.

I always found this very creepy and embarrassing

Barbel

M is quite grumpy here.

Number24

I don't remeber the energy crisis, but there is a very well known photo of king Olav V taking the tram out of Oslo to go skiing. He paid his own ticket and had no bodyguard.

Barbel

Music “Chew Me (sic) in Grisly Land”

Barbel

Higgins was the first to spot Chew Mee’s lack of nudity and destroy the dreams of anyone who was an adolescent boy back in 1974. (Ahem)