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is the thing that I have learnt from Cubby Broccoli. Read “Bond on Bond: Quantum of Solace and the Illusive Case of the Bondian Ideal” after the jump. My topic stemmed from an interest in the genre theory of James Bond, which often leads criticism of the series down what I believe is a self-defeating path of trying to define what is and is not ‘Bondian’ – something that also came up during class quite a few times, particularly when bashing Quantum of Solace, a film I hardly love, but neither revile in the way many do, and which I certainly don’t think is the antithesis of ‘Bondian’ as many insist. The assignment for this final paper was, if memory serves, to create and argue a topic relevant to what had been discussed in class, using readings and films from the course. It was an extremely fun class, as one might imagine, but also an intellectually fascinating one, because exploring the 007 series from serious angles of film theory and history, cultural critique, phenomenological study, etc. This week’s piece comes from one of my favorite classes I’ve taken at the University of Colorado – a summer course called “Genre, Theory, History: Lives of 007,” which, as the name implies, explored the cinematic world of James Bond.

As explained here, I have written a large number of essays during my time at the University of Colorado as a student in film studies, and I thought it time to share the best of those with my readers, so throughout the summer, I’ll be posting a new essay every Wednesday, all focused on film in one form or another, but often incorporating other research and fields of study.

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for ‘Essay Day’ here at Fade to Lack.

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