The blockbuster problem in The Avengers is the writers' desire to turn a nuclear weapon into a golden bullet that can save the day -- even if this bomb is more likely to ruin it.
They'd stood there, in those distinctive dust covers, gathering dust, for so many years. By rights they should have comprised a complete set of first editions, each one inscribed and signed by Ian Fleming to my father. And now they are all gone!
"A Look Back" is a daily column that highlights a moment from fashion's fabulous past. Today's pick is of actress Claudine Auger wearing a red sweater...
As a kid I never let plot holes get in the way of a good James Bond yarn. On the side of one hydrogen bomb in Thunderball it says (and this is absolutely true, you can see for yourself) "handle like eggs." But I didn't care.
Though Goldfinger looks almost sedate compared to today's jittery, mashed-up action pictures, editor Peter Hunt's work 45 years ago, emphasizing fast hard cuts, was an innovation.