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The Many Facets of Diamonds Are Forever: James Bond on Page and Screen redigerad av Oliver Buckton
Av: Anders Frejdh
Publicerad:
2019-03-07
2019-03-07
Diamonds are Forever (1956) är en favoritbok bland fantaster för dess snabba action och starka karaktärisering - särskilt den för James Bond, Felix Leiter och Tiffany Case - och för spännande platser. Och Diamantfeber-filmen från 1971 är en underskattad pärla som också innehåller starka karaktärer och exotiska platser. Filmen inkluderar även John Barrys fantastiska filmmusik och den kvickaste dialogen i Bond-serien som tillhandahölls av manusförfattaren Tom Mankiewicz. Nu utforskar en ny bok Diamonds i context med resten av Bonds värld.
FSWL-läsaren Matt Sherman om arbetet med The Many Facets of Diamonds Are Forever
I began work on what is now The Many Facets of Diamonds Are Forever book three years ago, when my good friend and fellow Bond collector, Carlos Perez, suggested we apply to present on Diamonds Are Forever at SAMLA, an annual academic conference in the Southeast US dedicated to the “advancement of literary and linguistic scholarship and teaching in the modern languages.” Carlos and I were delighted to be accepted as conference speakers, as only a half-dozen of 35 candidates were able to present. Ian Fleming loved visiting Las Vegas and other DAF locations, but parodied them in his novel, so I spoke on that subtext, and Carlos presented his exciting work, “Ian Fleming and the Fairer Sex,” focused on Tiffany Case as one of the strongest characters in Fleming. The two of us also teamed to present Diamonds props, books, videos and more alongside the gorgeous hand-painted Bond artwork of Gerry Wadsworth (www.jamesbondart.com), and we and Gerry met with the academicians and SAMLA’s President to tour them through Bond’s world in person.
The conference, our displays and Gerry's art were well received. Publisher Lexington Books saw a great opportunity in titles focusing on a single Bond book and film. The forthcoming book, due in March, was edited by conference chair Dr. Oliver Buckton, a top expert on Fleming and British espionage in fiction, and features wonderful contributions from Tom Cull of Artistic Licence Renewed, Jennifer Martinsen, Dr. James Chapman (author of Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films) and more. We appreciate book patrons, as more titles on more Bonds will see print if The Many Facets of Diamonds is successful.
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