Casino 1995 Roger Ebert

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So all of the parts are in place. And yet, in an important way, this James Bond adventure, the 18th (or 19th, if you count the non-standard 'Casino Royale'), marks the passing of an era. This is the first Bond film that is self-aware, that has lost its innocence and the simplicity of its world view, and has some understanding of the absurdity and sadness of its hero.

Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Casino (1995) Rated R Strong Brutal Violence, Pervasive Strong Language, Drug Use. Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel talk Hollywood Culture + Q&A (1995). Casino - Siskel & Ebert by musth14. 5:08 Deleted video Deleted video Siskel & Ebert @ Joan Rivers, Part 1 of 2.

One crucial and revealing scene takes place on a Caribbean beach, where 007 is enjoying an erotic interlude between scenes of death-defying mayhem. His companion is the lovely Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco), a Russian computer programmer who has joined his quest to save the world, etc. But instead of sexy small-talk, she asks Bond: 'How can you act like this? How can you be so cold?' And Bond replies not with a sophisticated wisecrack but with, 'It's what keeps me alive.' In the earlier Bond adventures, no woman would have asked such a question, and 007 certainly would not have provided such an answer.

More evidence of Bond's loss of innocence: He is now aware that his history is repeating itself. Although all the Bond films have followed a story pattern so rigid that 007 could have predicted the next scene just by looking at his watch, there has always been the fiction that each adventure is more or less unique. Bond has never used an obvious line like, 'Do you realize you're no less than the 12th megalomaniacal madman striving for world domination that I've met?'

There is always one absolutely obligatory scene: Bond has been captured by the madman, who needs only to kill him. But he always talks first. Explains his plans for world domination. Boasts.

Preens. Doesn't realize that his mistress will become attracted to Bond. This scene is so inevitable, indeed, that it helped give rise to the definition of the Talking Killer in Ebert's Little Movie Glossary.

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In 'GoldenEye,' the unthinkable happens. Both Bond and the madman apparently have read the Glossary, and can no longer act unself-consciously. Bond has fallen into the clutches of an evil genius who plans to rule Earth from cyberspace, via a powerful communications satellite. He narrows his eyes and says: 'How shall we kill you?' And Bond replies: 'What - no small talk? No chit-chat? That's the problem with the world these days -- no one takes the time to conduct the proper interrogation.'

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