Containing the Spectre of the Past
The Evolution of the James Bond Franchise during the Daniel Craig Era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21158622 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Murray (0000-0002-5979-4664, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 247-273 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Culture in Britain (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-4787 • E-ISSN: 1941-8361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14714787.2017.1338161 |
| OpenAlex | W2726680589 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
The notable commercial and critical success of the four James Bond films made with actor Daniel Craig playing the lead role – Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, GB/Cze/USA/Ger/Bah, 2006), Quantum of Solace (Marc Forster, GB/USA, 2008), Skyfall (Sam Mendes, GB/USA, 2012) and Spectre (Sam Mendes, GB/USA, 2015) – has, over the past decade, provoked a sustained increase in the amount of academic commentary and debate around the Bond character, his fictional universe and multimedia incarnations. Working from the premise that Spectre knowingly advertises itself as a possible conclusion to the Craig era, this article attempts to identify and discuss a range of key thematic trends in Bond filmmaking (and Bond criticism) in the years since Casino Royale. Such themes include: enhanced attention to the fictional spy’s body as a producer of textual and popular cultural meaning; Bond’s complex relationship with evolving ideas of British national identity and state structures; and the questionable extent to which the Craig Bond films constitute a meaningful revision of the 007 film franchise’s traditional aesthetic and thematic defining characteristics
Art · Art history · Bond · Business · Economics · Franchise · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Theater, Performance, and Music History · Finance · Marketing
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |