Chapman expertly traces the development of the Bond films and argues that the enormous popularity of the series represents more than just the sum total of the films' box-office receipts and involves questions of film culture in a wider sense.
James Chapman teaches at the Open University and is author of The British at War: Cinema, State, and Propaganda, 1939-1945. He is also joint editor of Windows on the Sixties.
There are two kinds of academic texts: the kind that contains photographs of Ursula Andress wearing a bikini, and the kind that do not. Licence to Thrill falls, fortunately, into the first category. -- Giles Coren The Times (London) Thoughtful, intelligent, ludicrous and a bit snobby. Bit like Bond, really. -- Stephen O'Brien SFX magazine For a theoretical study it is surprisingly entertaining. Chapman demonstrates that there is more to the 007 franchise than just girls, guns and globe trotting. He views each film as an exercise in camp. -- Mark Sanderson Evening Standard
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