“The James Bond Songs That Never Were”
Cinema Reservoir has a collection of James Bond film theme songs “that never were.” (via @pornokitsch)
“How To Write A Thriller”
Ian Fleming writes about writing: “We are all fed fairy stories and adventure stories and ghost stories for the first 20 years of our lives, and the only difference between me and perhaps you is that my imagination earns me money. But, to revert to my first book, […]
On Writing The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
John Le Carré writes about writing The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. “It was the Berlin Wall that had got me going, of course: I had flown from Bonn to take a look at it as soon as it started going up. I went with a […]
The CIA and Argo
The CIA’s twitter account fact-checks Argo.
RIP, Richard Kiel
Actor Richard Kiel has died. Kiel worked in both film and television, including performances in The Twilight Zone episode, “To Serve Man”; Eegah (1962); The Barbary Coast with William Shatner; Happy Gilmore (1996); Pale Rider (1985); as Vlad in Tangled (201); and as Jaws in The Spy Who […]
“James Bond Is No Hero To Him”
Patrick McGoohan talks about Secret Agent (aka, Danger Man) in a .pdf copy of a 1964 TV Guide.
