James Bond and the Sixties Spy Craze by Thom Shubilla explores the 007 movies, the knockoffs, and homages during the 1960s. Mr. Shubilla is a published author and writer, mostly about the entertainment industry.
My rating for James Bond and the Sixties Spy Craze — 3
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If you’re a fan of many things espionage and pop culture, you’d enjoy James Bond and the Sixties Spy Craze by Thom Shubilla. This book is about the success of the James Bond series and the movies, parodies, and TV shows it inspired.
From the Derek Flint movies, starring James Coburn, to Dean Martin’s Matt Helm flicks, to the Men From U.N.C.L.E. drama, to Mel Brook’s Get Smart parody, this book covers much of it. As a fan of the genre, I was very familiar with many of the movies and shows the author writes about, but I have to say that there were a lot I never heard of.
Mr. Shubilla starts with an overview of James Bond’s movies from the 1960s, followed by a section of other forms of media they inspired. Some of the movies he picked, I feel, were created to give the audience an alternative, more grounded, espionage stories (for example The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, or Michael Caine’s Harry Palmer movies), and while I can see a relationship, I’m not sure they belong in this book. The book includes movies and TV shows from the US, Europe, and even Mexico.
The book felt like a long graduate school work. Every paragraph had a reference which I found very distracting. I have no idea why the author chose to publish a book this way, it doesn’t add anything and distracts from the reading.
I have to admit that I thought I saw many of the espionage movies and TV shows from the era, even though I was born much later. The author did a great job compiling a reference work for fans of the genre, and has added several movies to my already too-long “to watch” list.
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