The Man with the Golden Touch: How The Bond Films Conquered the World - Couverture rigide

McKay, Sinclair

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1590202988 ISBN 13 : 9781590202982

Editeur : Overlook Books, 2010

Synopsis

Book by McKay Sinclair

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

¦[R]eading McKay¦s retrospective, it seems like Bond is just getting started.¦ --New York Post

¦[O]ne of the very best attempts to take stock of the Bond filmsèsmart and unexpected.¦ -- The New Republic

¦Thoroughly researched, drolly written and critically sophisticated.¦ -- The Daily Mail

¦Armed with encyclopedic knowledge and wit as dry as a shaken martini, Sinclair McKay casts a critical eye at the cinematic phenomenon launched in 1962¦s Dr. No with Sean Connery uttering that famous introduction: îBond. James Bond.¦ McKay astutely addresses the plots of each film and places them in the political and popular cultures of their eras (Bond has but one love interest in 1987¦s The Living Daylights because producers feared encouraging promiscuity in an age of AIDS). He¦s also an insightful critic, championing the initially maligned On Her Majesty¦s Secret Service (1969) as one of the best in the series. And he¦s often funny, discussing Roger Moore¦s îmany centuries¦ in show business, and describing sillier moments in the films as înaff,¦ which the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines as îunfashionable, lacking in taste or style¦ -- something McKay¦s book most definitely is not.¦ -- Newark Star-Ledger

¦A marvelously entertaining tome...an arch but jolly 'galumph.'¦ -- Metrolife

¦Thoroughly researched and documented yet fetching in tone and style, McKay¦s fun, smart, and informative book gracefully treads the criticism/entertainment border¦ -- Library Journal

¦Delightful critical appreciationèMcKay writes in a breezy, chatty style, as if perpetually in between mouthfuls of popcornèHe¦s a charming hybrid of a critic and fanè[The Man with the Golden Touch is] a scintillating read that¦s often more entertaining than the movies themselves.¦ -- Publishers Weekly

¦Zeltserman deftly drags the reader through the story, keeping you wondering about the truthè The Caretaker of Lorne Field is camp, and therein lies its appeal.¦ -- Dallas Morning News

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Overlook Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1590202988
• ISBN 13: 9781590202982
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible