Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films: Cinema and Society James Chapman Bloomsbury Academic

Licence to Thrill

A Cultural History of the James Bond Films

Licence to Thrill

A Cultural History of the James Bond Films

Description

In this new edition of Licence To Thrill, James Chapman builds upon the success of his classic work, regarded as the definitive scholarly study of the history of the James Bond film series from the first picture, Dr No (1962), to the present. He considers the origins of the films in the spy thrillers of Ian Fleming and examines the production histories of the films in the contexts of the British and international film industries.

This edition includes a new introduction and chapters on Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021). Chapman explores how the films have changed over time in response to developments in the wider film culture and society at large. He charts the ever-evolving Bond formula, analysing the films' representations of nationhood, class, and gender in a constantly shifting cinematic and ideological landscape.

Introduction: (Still) Taking James Bond seriously
1. The contexts of Bond: Ian Fleming and the British spy thriller
2. Snobbery with violence: Dr No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964)
3. Bondmania: Thunderball (1965), Casino Royale (1967), You Only Live Twice (1967), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
4. Bond in transition: Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Live and Let Die (1973), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
5. Keeping the British end up: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979)
6. Cold warrior reborn: For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), Never Say Never Again (1983), A View to a Kill (1985)
7. Continuity and change: The Living Daylights (1987), Licence to Kill (1989)
8. Millennial Bond: GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999), Die Another Day (2002)
9. Revisionist Bond: Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008)
10. Jubilee Bond: Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), No Time to Die (2021)
Coda: James Bond will return
Notes
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published	Apr 18 2024
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	3rd
Extent	328
ISBN	9781350211100
Imprint	Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations	60 bw illus
Series	Cinema and Society
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Over two decades after its initial publication in 1999, Licence to Thrill remains the go-to academic and popular study of the James Bond film franchise. In this third edition, Chapman updates his excellent cultural history and nuanced analyses of the Bond films to include the final Daniel Craig film, No Time to Die. A completely new introduction offers insight into the explosion of Bond criticism in the twenty-first century.

Oliver Buckton, Florida Atlantic University, USA
In this new edition of Licence to Thrill, James Chapman exhibits his keen critical sensibility and capacious knowledge of film history to address the corpus of Bond films, including the most recent of these starring Daniel Craig as Ian Fleming's most famous creation. The result is an indispensable study that every scholar and fan alike will want (and need) to read.

Stephen Watt, Indiana University, USA