It was not the first time Bond has been suspicious of someone, nor the last. He certainly was so with the driver from Governor's House in Dr. No, for example.
I think what gets lost in that From Russia with Love scene is the immediate class distinction. Grant is not a svelte, dignified British gentleman but a hulking brute, His walk, his bearing, his expression all betray a quality of lower class lack of refinement barely concealed in a suit. Contrast Grant with the real Captain Nash, who is more fitting of the type. Grant is more like an American bodybuilder who kicks sand in the face of the 99 pound weakling. Perhaps it is not as obvious because Connery himself is more brutish than, say, a David Niven or Cary Grant type. But Bond is disdainful toward Nash all along, and Bond's instincts are true.
Spot on. I can smell the class distintion. For the record Niven would have been too much the gentleman in my view. Connery for me hits the righ note. Iron fist, velvet glove.
Of that of which we cannot speak we must pass over in silence- Ludwig Wittgenstein.
The Orient Express section of FRWL is probably my favourite in the whole film, and the interaction between Bond and Grant is really interesting.
I like how Bond has to figure out whether he can trust 'Nash', and the various ways in which he questions him, observes his mannerisms and choices, and also searches his briefcase are all examples of Bond being a good spy. This sort of diligence in his job are not always characteristics that Bond shows on screen. The fact that there is the snobbish aspect of Bond disapproving of Grant drinking red wine with fish is a nice addition as well.
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Spot on. I can smell the class distintion. For the record Niven would have been too much the gentleman in my view. Connery for me hits the righ note. Iron fist, velvet glove.
I like how Bond has to figure out whether he can trust 'Nash', and the various ways in which he questions him, observes his mannerisms and choices, and also searches his briefcase are all examples of Bond being a good spy. This sort of diligence in his job are not always characteristics that Bond shows on screen. The fact that there is the snobbish aspect of Bond disapproving of Grant drinking red wine with fish is a nice addition as well.