tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463312668002456174.post7439143933929010902..comments2020-10-09T03:12:35.058-07:00Comments on The Tory Imagination: Bond/Non-Bondcarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886258675618058752noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463312668002456174.post-39152856066561208302013-07-18T07:02:11.415-07:002013-07-18T07:02:11.415-07:00I suppose stuff like Graham Greene is an anti-Bond...I suppose stuff like Graham Greene is an anti-Bond counterweight in the same era: a more international focus on American spycraft (Bond is counter-historical to the reality that Britain had dual reliance with the US for spy missions in the 50s, but by later was decidedly second fiddle); cynicism; less Great Game and more ambigous criminal shadowy underworld. <br /><br />The film of Our Man in Havana for instance seems to be only a step removed from Ealing whimsy.Paul Hebronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16238733917627525859noreply@blogger.com