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one of my tenets of film criticism is British spies pf the sixties came in two different categories: either gritty/LeCarre or cool/Fleming -- nm

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Jul 10 '22, 14:34

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Gritty is way too conspicuous to be a spy. -- nm - mafic Jul 10, 16:02 2
- That's exactly what he(?) wants you to think. -- nm - VMan Jul 10, 16:13
- hmmm -- nm - prayformojo Jul 10, 16:07
What category does John Steed and Mrs Emma Peel fit into -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 10, 15:24 1
- Cool—but also fancy -- nm - Flavorize Jul 10, 16:03
Would the film A Deadly Affair (Sidney Lumet) be an exception? - ReluctantCynic Jul 10, 15:17
The new Ipcress File was cool/Fleming while Spy City is definitely gritty/LeCarre -- nm - crash davis Jul 10, 14:36 5
- some people criticized Lucy Boynton for being wooden in the Ipcress File - I think she was being aloof in the classic cool/Fleming style -- nm - crash davis Jul 10, 14:38 4
  - Although technically Ipcress File should be considered somewhat of a send-up of Bond... and 60s TV -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 14:46 2
    - I feel parody belongs as a subset of the original group. For example, I place Austin Powers in the cool/Fleming category -- nm - crash davis Jul 10, 14:53 1
      - Right, and Powers is as much a spoof of Harry Palmer as it is of Bond -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 15:39
  - Yes, exactly. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 10, 14:45

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