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Callum: Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Entertainment. st This week sees the release of the 21 Bond film, Casino Royale and it's the first film to star actor Daniel Craig as the British Secret Service spy 007. James Bond was the creation of author Ian Fleming who wrote 13 Bond novels as well as a number of short stories featuring Bond between 1953 and 1964, the year in which he died. Fleming had worked in intelligence during the Second World War and this was the background and experience he called upon in his books. Ian Fleming was also a keen ornithologist, an ornithologist is someone whose hobby is watching birds, and he wrote most of his books in his house in the West Indian island of Jamaica. He took the name of the character James Bond, from the real name of a writer of a book called 'Birds of the West Indies'. It's one of the many pieces of Bond trivia that in the film Die Another Day the actor Pierce Brosnan, playing Bond, is seen holding a copy of the book while pretending to be an ornithologist. Pierce Brosnan was the fifth actor to play the role of the super spy and as the actors have had to change over the years, so have the plot lines and stories. The world is a very different place to what is was in 1962 when the first Bond film Dr. No was released and the films have reflected that and evolved and reflected contemporary events. Here's writer and critic Kim Newman. How does he describe the way the Bond movies have dealt with issues from the real world? Kim Newman Over the years Bond's dealt with whatever we've dealt with in the real world but in a slightly inflated, exaggerated way. I'm going back into the books in the 50s, they start dealing with communism, that's the big trouble. In the 1960s it's out of control technological maniacs and we've had a few attempts to do mercenaries, drug dealers, arms dealers, sort of more realistic villains and now I suppose we're going to have to look forward to Bond going up against terrorists. Callum: He said that the issues of the real world have been dealt with in a slightly inflated and exaggerated way. An inflated and exaggerated way which means larger than life, more dramatic than reality. A few of the things mentioned are communism, technological maniacs – people with advanced technology who have mad plans to take over the world, technological maniacs. There have also been attempts in the films to deal with more realistic issues such as drug dealers, arms dealers, people who sell weapons and mercenaries. A mercenary is a soldier who works not for a country but for whoever pays him, a hired soldier – a mercenary. He says that now Bond will have to face the threat of terrorism. He will have to 'go up against' terrorists. To 'go up against' is a multi-word verb which means to confront, to challenge and fight, to go up against. Listen again Kim Newman Over the years Bond's dealt with whatever we've dealt with in the real world but in a slightly inflated, exaggerated way. I'm going back into the books in the 50s, they start dealing with communism, that's the big trouble. In the 1960s it's out of control technological maniacs and we've had a few attempts to do mercenaries, drug dealers, arms dealers, sort of more realistic villains and now I suppose we're going to have to look forward to Bond going up against terrorists. Callum: Over the years Bond has covered the cold war, the space race, nuclear threats and dangers connected with the rise of information technology. The films have become well-known for special effects and special gadgets – gadgets, tools and devices that Bond uses like the watch with a laser built in, the invisible car and exploding toothpaste. What about the new Bond and the new film? Well I don't know, I haven't had the chance to see it yet, but from what I've heard it's tougher, more realistic and there are fewer gadgets. I'm certainly looking forward to catching it and hearing a new actor say the immortal line, the name's Bond, James Bond. |
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