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How GoldenEye Brought James Bond into the Modern World

by Thomas Walker-Werth

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Thomas F. Walker
Nov 24, 2025
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Bond Voyage: GoldenEye - Midwest Film Journal

If you’re looking for rich, thought-provoking cinema, a James Bond movie is probably not what you’re going to watch. Both Ian Fleming’s original novels and most of the twenty-five 007 films convey a general theme of heroism and patriotism, focusing on the defense of Western freedom and the British way of life from the Soviets and other threats. Beyond t…

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