November 25, 2006
casino royale
After 53 years of James Bond; after an opening sequence rehearsing how he became a double-oh and got his license to kill, which is finally the great taboo exception on which the series is based; after all the ritualistic reiteration of formulae that establish "the Bond movie" as a genre unto itself with its own structuralist consistency despite finally empty changes in actors, characters, names, settings, political situations, historical backdrops; after the relentless repetition of Bond's drive to devour both enemies and lovers who inevitably wish to devour him equally; after all this, it's hard not to wonder if the underlying desire that's sustained the interest in the franchise concerns cannibalism, you know?
Posted by jane at November 25, 2006 03:36 PM | TrackBack