Yes, For Your Eyes Only is one of his short story collections; the other is Octopussy and the Living Daylights.
I'm somewhat familiar with the female narrator (Vivienne Michel, I think?) of The Spy Who Loved Me; Fleming apparently was so convinced that the novel was a failure that he allowed the producers to use only the title and nothing else from the novel. I've also heard that most fans think that the film adaptation of Goldfinger is superior to the novel just because Fleming drags on so long with the golf and other little plot details. That, and Pussy Galore wasn't implied to be a lesbian at all in the movie.
They've kept the general Le Chiffre/casino game/torture premise for the movie; I'm hoping that the Bond/Vesper relationship will follow Fleming's vision. For a supposed return to Bond's origins, the movie's premise looks awfully modern.
Which episodes have you seen of the Prisoner so far? I can assure you that the last few ones are even more mind-bending and rather sci-fish.
The title theme is excellent, isn't it? It makes me sad that there are so few instrumental title themes for modern TV shows. There are a few rumors that Patrick McGoohan actually whistled the theme to Grainer to arrange, but I think that theory's bunk. The rejected arrangements of Grainer's theme are pretty interesting as well; there's a more big-band version as well as a softer, more contemplative one. I could upload them for you and/or all of the soundtracks if you like.
Danger Man is possibly my favorite British spy show ever; though it's more conventional in premise (lone spy averting political troubles at home and around the world) there's a morally ambiguous realistic feel that prevents the show from feeling dated. If you do get around to seeing it some time, I'd be interested in hearing whether or not you think John Drake is Number Six.
I really have to visit the Spy Museum sometime; it's on my lifetime dream list of places I want to go to :)
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Date: 2006-10-14 04:00 am (UTC)I'm somewhat familiar with the female narrator (Vivienne Michel, I think?) of The Spy Who Loved Me; Fleming apparently was so convinced that the novel was a failure that he allowed the producers to use only the title and nothing else from the novel. I've also heard that most fans think that the film adaptation of Goldfinger is superior to the novel just because Fleming drags on so long with the golf and other little plot details. That, and Pussy Galore wasn't implied to be a lesbian at all in the movie.
They've kept the general Le Chiffre/casino game/torture premise for the movie; I'm hoping that the Bond/Vesper relationship will follow Fleming's vision. For a supposed return to Bond's origins, the movie's premise looks awfully modern.
Which episodes have you seen of the Prisoner so far? I can assure you that the last few ones are even more mind-bending and rather sci-fish.
The title theme is excellent, isn't it? It makes me sad that there are so few instrumental title themes for modern TV shows. There are a few rumors that Patrick McGoohan actually whistled the theme to Grainer to arrange, but I think that theory's bunk. The rejected arrangements of Grainer's theme are pretty interesting as well; there's a more big-band version as well as a softer, more contemplative one. I could upload them for you and/or all of the soundtracks if you like.
Danger Man is possibly my favorite British spy show ever; though it's more conventional in premise (lone spy averting political troubles at home and around the world) there's a morally ambiguous realistic feel that prevents the show from feeling dated. If you do get around to seeing it some time, I'd be interested in hearing whether or not you think John Drake is Number Six.
I really have to visit the Spy Museum sometime; it's on my lifetime dream list of places I want to go to :)