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Quantum of Solace is one of the strangest James Bond titles and the film doesn't explain it, but it has a deeper significance derived from the themes found in the original short story by 007's creator, Ian Fleming.
The film is related to the title in one of its thematic elements: "when the Quantum of Solace drops to zero, humanity and consideration of one human for another is gone". Daniel Craig admitted, "I was unsure at first. Bond is looking for his quantum of solace and that's what he wants, he wants his closure.
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Feb 27, 2008 · You’re probably still wondering what the title of the next James Bond movie, “Quantum of Solace,” actually means. Star Daniel Craig insisted that the oddly-phrased moniker “ties into the plot,” but don’t tell that to the Oscar-winning writer of the script…because he’s just as confused as the rest of us.
Jan 25, 2008 · Since the film will be picking up an hour after Casino Royale ends, in which the love of 007’s life is not only dead but revealed to be a traitor, make your own conclusions as to what the title means. David Leigh founded The James Bond Dossier in 2002.
- Dr. No
- From Russia with Love
- Goldfinger
- Thunderball
- You only Live Twice
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- Diamonds Are Forever
- Live and Let Die
- The Man with The Golden Gun
- The Spy Who Loved Me
The first James Bond movie not only introduced Sean Connery as 007, it adapted the 6th Ian Fleming Novel, Dr. No. It's also the first Bond movie to be named after the villain, Doctor Julius No (Joseph Wiseman), a reclusive Chinese-German scientist with metal hands who planned to disrupt the Mercury space program. In addition, Dr. Nomarks the first ...
From Russia With Love is named after the fifth Ian Fleming novel. The title refers to Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi), a Soviet corporal and cipher clerk who is used as bait by SPECTRE to lure 007 to Istanbul with the promise of both romance and possession of the Lekter cryptography device. President John F. Kennedy also considered From Russia W...
Goldfinger is also titled for the film's villain, Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe), who planned to irradiate the United States' gold deposit in Fort Knox to increase the value of his own private shares. The title track, "Goldfinger", sung by Shirley Bassey is also arguably the most iconic Bond movie theme just as Goldfingeris generally considered the ...
Thunderball refers to Operation: Thunderball, the British Secret Service's response to SPECTRE stealing two atomic missiles and threatening to launch them on major world cities. Thunderball adapts the ninth Ian Fleming Bond novel, which introduced SPECTRE's leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld and was the start of the novels' "Blofeld Trilogy" (although Blo...
You Only Live Twice refers to Bond being "killed" at the start of the movie as part of an operation where 007 covertly visits Japan to discover SPECTRE's plot to derail NASA's space program. The film only loosely adapts Ian Fleming's 12th Bond novel of the same name. In the book, Bond learns to compose a haiku:"You only live twice/Once when you are...
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is an obvious reference to Bond's employment by the British Secret Service but the title carries no greater significance in regards to the movie's story. In the film, as in Ian Fleming's 11th novel with the same title, James Bond (played by George Lazenby for the only time) uncovers another plot by Blofeld (Telly Sav...
Diamonds Are Forever loosely adapts the 4th Ian Fleming James Bond novel where 007 tracks a diamond smuggling operation. The film then takes Bond to Las Vegas to discover yet another elaborate Blofeld plot. In the context of the film, with Sean Connery returning to the role after George Lazenby's one-off, Diamonds Are Foreveralso implies how indest...
Live And Let Die is the second James Bond novel by Ian Fleming and it's the first to star Roger Moore as 007, who would embody the superspy for the next decade. The title is an obvious James Bondian play on the classic aphorism "Live and let live", which is highlighted in the lyrics to "Live And Let Die", the chart-topping rock song recorded by Pau...
The Man With The Golden Gun refers to Scaramanga (Christopher Lee), the world's greatest assassin who charges a million dollars to dispatch a target with his signature weapon and takes aim at 007 himself. The Man With The Golden Gunis adapted from Ian Fleming's 13th James Bond novel, which was published posthumously.
The Spy Who Loved Meuses the title of the 10th Ian Fleming James Bond novel but it has no resemblance to the book's story. Instead, the film's title refers to Anya Amasova AKA Agent XXX (Barbara Bach), Bond's Soviet equivalent, who teams up with 007 to stop a madman named Stromberg (Curd Jurgens) from sparking World War III to create a new civiliza...
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Oct 21, 2021 · Quantum of Solace was criticized at the time for a plot that is supposedly difficult to follow—the locations are, in order: Central Italy, London, Port-au-Prince, Bregenz, coastal Italy, La Paz ...
Oct 23, 2008 · James Bond. This article is more than 15 years old. Interview. The name's ... what? Ryan Gilbey. When Marc Forster was approached to direct Quantum of Solace, the unusual title was the least...
