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Once more with love4/11/2023 ![]() Adaptation Distillation: The book is generally regarded as one of Fleming's best, but many of the changes for the film are still considered good decisions - the book's unusual format (where the entire first third is SMERSH planning their konspiratsia, following Grant, Klebb and finally Romanova before Bond ever turns up) is distilled into a much shorter sequence there's more Scenery Porn in Istanbul and events are slightly reordered so Bond plays a greater role in the action note The sequence at the Hagia Sophia is original to the film, and extracting Tanya and the SPEKTOR from the Embassy is done by Kerim before Bond even arrives.The film makes him into a board member for the world's most powerful terrorism-for-hire organization and gives him about a million levels in smugness. Adaptational Villainy: Kronsteen is not a nice man in the book, but he's still just a Soviet Colonel doing his job.Adaptational Sexuality: The film eliminates Rosa Klebb's scene from the book of outright trying to seduce Tatiana, just having a scene where she plays with a visibly uncomfortable Tatiana's hair while talking of "a labour of love".This would never have passed the censors in 1963, so they were given (scant) clothing. ![]() ![]() Adaptational Modesty: In the novel, the fighting gypsy girls are completely naked.Adaptational Location Change: In the novel, Bond's encounter with Klebb takes place in Paris.He doesn't get the same treatment in the movie adaptation. Adaptational Karma: There is no mention of anything happening to Kronsteen, either from MI6 for trying to kill one of their agents or from SMERSH for failing in the book.Adaptational Heroism: Calling Kerim's character in the book a "bad guy" is probably a stretch, but the film still omits most of his less savory character traits, most infamously his cheery endorsement of the "Not If They Enjoyed It" Rationalization.No was the first Bond film, and M ordered Bond at the beginning of the film to replace his Beretta with the Walther PPK because of the Beretta jamming up on him (in an unseen incident that caused Bond to get injured), Bond didn't have the Beretta in the film version of From Russia With Love anyway. This was arguably for the better, to avoid a maudlin Downer Ending. The film has him hold Klebb off with a chair until Tatiana can kill her, and ends with Bond and Tatiana riding triumphantly down Venice's Grand Canal. No (where it was revealed that the people with him were able to keep him alive until a doctor could be summoned). Adaptational Alternate Ending: The original novel had Bond struck by Rosa Klebb's poison-stained stiletto and brought to what was his death until Ian Fleming wrote Dr.The changing of the book's ending meant that Rene Mathis' re-appearance was omitted.The main villain of the book was General Nicholai Sergenovich Grubozaboyschikov (G).Also, the helicopter and boat scenes were exclusive to the film. The film has Kerim bomb the place as a diversion so Bond can steal it. Actionized Adaptation: In the book, Tanya obtains the decoding machine with no difficulty.Action Prologue: The very first, though with Bait-and-Switch as the Bond there is just a masked mook.to navigate through, they are extremely cramped as well. Absurdly Spacious Sewer: The catacombs in Istanbul.Bond: This is a hell of a time to be superstitious.
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