No Time To Die: The Making of the Film

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While the technical plot reason of Blofeld’s death in No Time to Die involves nanobots in Bond’s DNA spreading to Blofeld’s via Bond’s hands touching Ernst’s throat, the scene is still a recreation of that visceral hatred and desperate need for revenge which has consumed Bond. It’s also an element that both the cinematic fallout of OHMSS and even Craig’s own post- Casino Royale turn in Quantum of Solace were denied. Here we see what a bloodthirsty Bond who’s lost all ounce of self-control and composure looks like, and Craig makes a small meal out of the hissed line of “Die, Blofeld, DIE!” as Bond begins to squeeze. Nugent, Annabel (8 January 2020). "Hans Zimmer hired as last-minute composer for new James Bond film". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020 . Retrieved 14 January 2020. Monaco, Luisa (23 September 2019). "Per James Bond Sapri diventa Civita Lucana: è polemica"[For James Bond Sapri becomes Civita Lucana: Controversy]. infocilento.it (in Italian). Cilento, Italy. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019 . Retrieved 4 October 2019. Medd, James (29 September 2021). "James Bond locations: 007's glamorous global hit list". Condé Nast Traveler. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021 . Retrieved 20 October 2021. Where No Time to Die takes its biggest inspirations from You Only Live Twice is in how it ends things—and thereby how it ends James Bond and the ugly world he’s carved out for himself. Like in the new movie, Bond is there when Blofeld dies in the book. Hell, 007 kills him with his barehands. As Fleming wrote:

This is a far cry from the usually self-satisfied and hyper masculine 007 we meet at the beginning ofmost books and films. Of course M doesn’t fire the emasculated Bond though; he sends him off to Japan on a diplomatic goose chase.

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