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Casino Royale | Minute by Minute
Min #16 – Running Through Walls
Start of min 15-16 As we kick off into minute 16 of Casino Royale, we start with Bond falling from the crane, onto a sand rooftop, onto a metal storage. Mollaka is running [...]
Min #15 – The Crane Fight 200 Feet in the Air
Start of min 14-15 Casino Royale (2006) Bond is now going toe to toe with Mollaka. It's a fight to the death 200 feet up in the air. Bond seems to have a [...]
Min #14 – The Persistence of Bond
Start of minute 13-14 In this minute of Casino Royale Bond is still chasing Mollaka up to the top of the crane. We get a great shot of his boot as he stamps [...]
FURTHER THOUGHTS
Technology’s Contribution to Iconic Film Fashion
Technology's Contribution to Iconic Film Fashion Photo by Volodymyr Proskurovskyi on Unsplash Fashion in film is a storytelling device as rich as style. You can learn as much about a character, era, or [...]
(00)7 Recurring artworks throughout the James Bond series
by Matthew Gibbs, aka @commanderbond_007 I, like many others, have found myself watching a James Bond film over the years keeping a keen eye (or ear) out for references to previous entries in the series’ [...]
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Key Character Images in Casino Scenes
Photo Credit: Deviant Art Forster's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a film inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's novel, not only became a cult work of American cinema, but also offered an in-depth [...]
USER REVIEWS AND COLLECTIBLES
ROYALE Filmwear – Bolivia Jacket from Quantum of Solace – Review
Article by Daniel Gaster. (Field report 068). Like most Quantum pieces (screen accurate or reproductions), the jacket has a classic style, which works with a lot of different smart casual options. Field Report: 068 [...]
My Bespoke Velvet Dinner Jacket Inspired by Le Chiffre in Casino Royale
"[...] dresses well and meticulously generally in dark double breasted suits." Ian Fleming describing Le Chiffre in his first James Bond novel Casino Royale. And there are dinner jackets Today I'd like to talk about [...]
ROYALE Filmwear – The Altaussee Jacket from Spectre | Review
Spectre: 2015 – Article by Daniel Gaster. (Field report 067). The whole of the last winter, I was wearing this coat.. Daniel Love’s Royale Filmwear has been around for a while now. Reproducing [...]
EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
The Ties & Costumes inside Dezerland Orlando
Here are just a scrapbook of memories taken from my time at Dezerland, Orlando. I have put a five minute video together on YouTube which you can watch here.
The Leica James Bond Photo Exhibition Gallery in London
Myself and good friend David Evans from Grey Fox Blog FEB 23rd (2023) Leica Gallery, Duke St, London I was invited to the launch of the Leica D-Lux 7 007 Edition. The place [...]
007 ELEMENTS Exhibition in Sölden | Review
007 SOLDEN ELEMENTS REVIEW Spectre locations Today I wanted to share some thoughts on the 007 ELEMENTS Exhibition in Sölden, Austria. Anastasia and I stayed at the VAYA Hotel in the valley, which is a [...]
IN CONVERSATION
Daniel Kleinman Talks Bond Titles | Minute #5
Start of minute 5-6 Below is an E-Interview with Daniel Kleinman. Daniel took over the mantle of James Bond titles designer from Maurice Binder, creating the iconic title sequences for 8 of the [...]
Interview with Malcom Sinclair | The End of Dryden – Minute #4
Min3 - Starts with the drowning of Fisher. (Above) Casino Royale Minute 3-4 Cut to Dryden played by Malcom Sinclair. In an attempt to sound sympathetic he says, Made you feel it did [...]
Casino Royale | Toilet Fight | The End of Fisher – Minute #3
Casino Royale Minute #3 Bond and Fisher (played by Darwin Shaw, whose changed his name from Daud Shah) get up from their scrum on the floor, but Bond is up first and delivers a kick [...]