Bond Narrative News Today

James Bond fans enjoy imagining favorite directors taking on the franchise, rhapsodizing over what a Quentin Tarantino Bond, for instance, might be like. But the fact of the matter is that ultimate control over the Bond movies doesn’t lie with directors. For years, before Sam Mendes and Cary Joji Fukunaga were brought into the game, the main helmers were non-auteur types who specialized in action sequences, and in some instances had risen from second unit, chosen by producers Barbara Brocco...