By Lisa Funnell

This ebook discusses the representational geographies of the Bond movie franchise and the way they tell our examining of 007 as a hero. delivering a brand new and interdisciplinary lens in which the franchise could be analyzed, Funnel and Dodds discover more than a few themes which have been mostly, if now not totally, neglected in Bond movie scholarship. those themes contain: the moving and gendering of geopolitical kinfolk; the differing depiction and review of vertical/modern and horizontal/pre-modern areas; using classical parts in defining gender, sexuality, heroic competency, and geopolitical clash; and the continuing value of haptics (i.e. touch), kinesics (i.e. movement), and proxemics (i.e. using area) in defining the embodied and emotive international of Bond. This booklet is entire in nature and scope because it discusses all 24 motion pictures within the legitimate Bond canon and theorizes concerning the destiny path of the franchise.

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Emilio Largo is missing an eye and has to wear an eye patch over it. In The World Is Not Enough, Renard suffers from congenital analgesia, a rare condition in which a person cannot feel pain or indeed any sensation. This renders Bond more capable of pleasuring Elektra King. LeChiffre in Casino Royale has a malformed tear duct that causes him to sporadically and uncontrollably cry tears of blood that stand out against his notably pale complexion. Raoul Silva in Skyfall experienced facial disfiguration when he attempted to kill himself with a cyanide tablet; he wears a palette in his mouth to hide the deformity.

And in the final scenes of Spectre, the face of arch-villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld is injured, leading to the (iconic) vertical scar across his right eye that extends from his forehead to the bottom of his cheek. In all of these cases, Bond as an able-bodied and sensual man (see the following section) is contrasted with a villain who suffers from a visible physical impairment, which is assumed to also be detrimental to their libido. Bond is not subject to the social stigma that is often associated with the loss of a body part or its function; rather his body shape and associated scars function as a living record of his physical plights, confirm his masculinity in action, and serve as sources of fascination for the many lovers who have caressed his body.

Unbeknownst to Bond, or so the audience believes, an assassin is hiding in the trees ready to shoot him. While it initially appears as though Bond has missed the shot when the birds fly away, Bond has actually killed the sniper who falls out of the tree moments later. His instinct for survival coupled with a rapid calculation of distance enabled Bond to prevail, much to the surprise of Drax and the audience. It is often in staged encounters whether it takes the form of sporting activities such as shooting, horse riding, and golf, and/or when Bond is trapped in tight spots that his capacity to calculate and evaluate potential winning strategies is revealed.

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