Goldfinger, the third installment of James Bond, unleashed ‘Bondmania’. This was the starting point of a worldwide phenomenon that consecrated the most charismatic agent of cinema as a cultural icon. The film, which redirects here Terence Young with Sean Connery, continues to top the charts of the best installments of the agent 007.
With a higher budget and the incorporation of key elements, which would be repeated throughout the saga, Goldfinger managed to catch all audiences. We discover 5 keys for which this film is considered by many the best of all.
1. A plus of comedy
Goldfinger, revealed a Bond with a acid humor much less corseted in its cool elegance. His gestures become more chulescos and the odd one is allowed joke and one more drink. We don’t know what his literary father would have thought of all this, Ian Fleming. The writer passed away in the middle of the filming of the film and could never see the change in his character.
Sean Connery, James Bond
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2. La villana Pussy Galore
This character is unique in many ways. To begin with, the name leaves all possible interpretations open. Pussy in English refers to the female genitalia. Galore means “in abundance.” But beyond the joke, Galore is one of the Bond girls with the most personality of the saga. Immune, as she herself says, to Bond’s attractiveness because – although it is shown in a veiled way (perhaps not so much) – she is a lesbian. A villain at the height of the character of Sean Connery who, in addition, comes to physically face. Interpreted by Honor BlackmanShe is also one of the oldest, most mature and cunning bond girls.
Honor Blackman y Sean Connery en Goldfinger
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3. El gadget definitivo: Aston Martin DB 5
James Bond has owned many cars, but none will ever surpass the sophisticated Aston Martin DB 5 by Goldfinger. It is the first to have all its gadgets in detail, namely: smoke generator, license plate exchanger, movable bumpers, machine guns in the front indicators, bulletproof rear screen, telephone, radar, intercom, dedicated control console, etc. All kinds of accessories that made the imagination and dreams of fans of the saga fly and that were seen, for the first time, in this third installment. First and last, because the car was mysteriously stolen in 1997.
Aston Martin DB 5 de James Bond The Kobal Collection
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4. A budget in style
When Golfinger was released the saga was already a phenomenon and Terence Young could count on a I presuppose a lot of highestIn fact, it was the same as the two previous films put together, thus becoming their gateway to the US market.
Margaret Nolan, “the golden woman” in Goldfinger
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5. License to kill … slowly
If in the previous movie, From Russia with love (1963), Red Grant almost kills James Bond, in this they almost castrate him. The sadist Goldfinger wanted to take down Agent 007 with a laser, but he took his time. So much so that “Unnecessarily slow death mechanism” would end up being parodied by Austin Powers on delivery The mysterious international agent (1997). Even so, it must be recognized that stretching the gum with that assassination attempt was engraved in the collective memory of cinema and is remembered as one of the best moments of the James Bond saga. Of course with Sean Connery in the skin of the British agent.
Sean Connery es James Bond en Goldfinger
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Sean Connery James Bond Tribute Series
- Dr. No (1962) – February 1
- From Russia with Love (“From Russia with love”) (1963) – February 8
- Goldfinger (1964) – February 15
- Never Say Never Again (“Never say never again”) (1983) – February 22
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