How Terence Young Made James Bond
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
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Having previously besmirsched the name of the great director Terence Young, I attempt to seek redemption in this video by highlighting how Young's filmmaking in Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and Thunderball helped define 007. Without Young, neither the character of James Bond nor the series on the whole would be the same.
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Works Cited:
Inside Dr. No. Directed by John Cork. 2000.
Inside From Russia with Love. Directed by John Cork. 2000.
The Making of Thunderball. Directed by John Cork. 1995.
Terence Young: Bond Vivant. Directed by John Cork. 2000.
The Incredible World of James Bond. Directed by Jack Haley Jr. 1965.
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I appreciate you making a video entirely about Young, whose importance can never be over stressed and sadly is rarely mentioned let alone understood by anyone in this day and age. Without Young there simply would be no series. After Goldfinger the paradigm shifted and we have had the Young vs Hamilton approach ever since in how people approach Bond stories.
I would point out two other key members of the original team as being vital to the series identity and success: Norman Wanstall for his sound effects/design and Ted Moore who never gets credit for giving Bond its visual identity and has never been equaled by anyone since. Young found a perfect relationship with Peter Hunt and it is Hunt’s revolutionary editing that enforces the Young style and gives the films their unmistakable energy.
Meh...I dunno...I think its more like Peter Hunt saved Terence Young's film-making arse at times with his editing...hence all the sped up shots you get in his films and their often rather static nature, as Young doesn't seem to leave Peter Hunt a lot with which to work at times, leaving him no choice but to make the best of what he has got, hence jarring shots and pacing issues. Young's lack of using a master shot also, objectively, sort of makes him something of an amateur in terms of film making really and leads to his films having significant pacing issues; although Russia with Love is a big step up from Dr No and I think he learned more as he went along...that being said, there are precious few of the Bond directors who knew how to get as much from their actors and bring out so many great details and character moments as Young did, no question. I often think if we could somehow unite Terrance Young's gift for building character and dialogue, Guy Hamilton's gift for pacing and story telling plus Lewis Gilberts gift for showing big elaborate spectacle we would have the ultimate Bond film...which we kind of do get (to my mind) with Sam Mendes directing Skyfall...although God knows what happened with Spectre!
@@BelatedCommiseration I can understand that point of view and do agree that Hamilton had a more polished and foundational approach to directing. However Young had an energy and a sense of excitement by doing this style in the first two films that Hunt accentuated. Young certainly knew how to do coverage and made more traditional films before this point. It also must be said that Dr. No was fraught with production troubles and the Jamaica shoot wasn’t really able to be finished properly due to bad weather and the the budget.
Here's a little fun fact: Terence Young's first directing effort was Corridor of Mirrors in 1948 which incidentally was also Christopher Lee's first feature film, who would later play the villain Francisco Scaramanga in The Man With the Golden Gun (1974). Small world.
Fascinating.
Christopher Lee was also the cousin of Ian Fleming so even smaller world
@@emperorleachy6435 he apparently didn't like him, lol. Families, eh?
@@OoJohnisbackoO but apparently he said a lot of good things about him in Everything or Nothing. Documentaries, eh?
I got a bruddah.
Massive fan of Terence Young’s direction. From Russia With Love & Thunderball are my two favourite Bond films.
Same here.
Having marathoned all the Bond movies back in March-April (minus the Craig ones), this video really helped bring perspective to how filmmakers are so important in making a franchise. Without Terrance Young, Bond and Sean Connery would most likely not be as popular as they are today. He helped create the franchise to what it is. Goldfinger might be the movie that established the Bond formula, but Young helped pave the way for it. Also, I agree that From Russia From Love is one of the best Bond movies.
In a year where we lost Connery and No Time To Die was delayed, I’m glad you’ve managed to make some great Bond content to make up for it. Great video once again Dan.
Thanks, Matt. I had actually written most of this before Connery had died. Perhaps morbid, but his death did galvanize me to really work fast on this.
A great thanks for excluding the "Bond 2.0"-era- BRAVO!
Nicely done. Love the way you pointed out the peculiarities of Young's filmmaking.
Thank you! I owed the man that much.
He rightfully created a persona for Sean Connery's James Bond.
So Young taught Connery those debonair moves that helped him incorporate them into himself and Bond and later films . For a director to do that only a friend would do.
And Young was yet humble, as he insisted that the three main things that makes James Bond was Sean Connery, Sean Connery, and Sean Connery!
Looking at the Bond films through their directors is such an underrated avenue for analysis, especially for the pre-Brosnan films. Young, Guy Hamilton, Peter Hunt (kind of Young 2.0, honestly), Lewis Gilbert and John Glen are so distinct in style and tone, but still form something of a cohesive franchise. Martin Campbell and Sam Mendes are interesting too, for a more modern perspective. Any chance you'd look at some other Bond directors? Love the video!
I may well. It's definitely a good idea and as you point out, so many of the directors have their unique quirks that distinguish their entries. Hunt and Campbell are my other favourites, Gilbert was a master of overblown spectacle, John Glen helmed some very different tones of Bond in the 80s, and Guy Hamilton has the distinction of directing the most iconic of all Bond movies, and 3 subsequent Bonds of heavily varying quality.
Sam mendes was awful
@@guileniam he was great. Thanks to him, Bond eventually got a 1 billion movie. 😂
@@atwunz adjusted for inflation it's not even close to the 60s run. You mean making a fluke movie riding on the success of Daniel Craig and Sonys relentless Marketing? Just look at Spectre. It's one of the worst blockbusters of the decade, because you can't fool someone twice.
THUNDERBALL is in top 50 highest grossing films EVER adjusted for inflation
@lrigsnart6821 the last Jedi of Bond, well yeah that is what it is. It was really bad.
I left the Bond front years ago but I'm happy to see someone who cares as much as I did.
Makes me glad to see someone actually worthy is still interested in it.
This and the Great Bondian Crisis just made me smile.
Keep it up man.
Means a lot to hear this from another who's specialized on Bond videos. Thank you kindly.
@@EyebrowCinema Cheers!
Well done for highlighting Young's unseen role in the history of James Bond
It’s nice to see Sean Connery acknowledging his debt to Terence Young, in shaping the screen persona of James Bond. In addition to the tailouring, Young taught him a more polished eating and drinking style. “From Russia With Love” is one of the greatest Bond films ever, and Connery’s own favourite.
Neither he nor Young was particularly fond of “Thunderball,” because of its emphasis on sets and gadgets over character and plot. It really did drag in parts! The next time Bond was portrayed as more human was thanks to Peter Hunt, who directed George Lazenby in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.”
The least imaginative direction came from Guy Hamilton, whose style could, at times, be flatter than a TV show. After the farce of “Man With the Golden Gun,” it was a pleasure to see him go.
Here's a little fun fact: 7:54 Sean Connery was deadly afraid of spiders, so they put a pane of glass between them and used a stunt double for the arm crawl scene.
Yes, on closer inspection the mirror is visible.
So true. Young also has to be credited for modeling young Connery like him, teaching how to dress, move and speak elegantly, giving him his own impeccable look by taking him to his own tailor, Anthony Sinclair, and shirtmaker, Turnbull&Asser, basically dressing Connery’s Bond like himself.
Really can’t get enough of the in-the-weeds commentary/analysis of the editing and shot selection
Thanks man! It was fun to do as I rarely get into that type of analysis.
At the beginning of this video, I'm thinking about which Sean Connery's bond movie I like the most. The answer is From Russia with Love. I know I like the train fight but one scene surely wasn't enough for me to like the whole movie, I couldn't really figure out the reasons why. Until I watched your explanation about how it's being more Hitchcockian suspense. It's pretty much sums up my thought exactly! Great video!
Spot on! Especially the final bit! LOL I think it's safe to say that Terrence Young had the same affect on Sean Connery's career as Sergio Leone and Don Siegel had on Clint Eastwood's.
That's quite a mea culpa. I'm sure Young would have appreciated this.
I had to own up to my failures.
Excellent Video! As suggested by others, would be interesting to see analysis of some of the other Bond directors
Definitely gonna have to keep that project in mind. It does sound like fun.
Always nice to see the special features material from the DVDs / Blu-rays regurgitated. A few small notes: Bond is wearing swim trunks in the scene with Sylvia Trench at the start of FRWL. His radiotelephone was far from science fiction. The system was launched in the UK in 1959. Len Deighton had one in his car. He did a draft of the From Russia with Love script, and this is likely the only part of the film that traces back to him.
I must admit, I’m not sure I’ve ever clicked on a video so quickly
I hope you dig it!
Another great video. I've just watched on your insights on Peter Hunt and OHMSS and thoroughly enjoyed that, too. I've seen a helluva lot of documentaries on Bond, but I like the way you uncover another hidden meaning within Thunderball and others that they missed. Bravo.
This video deserves a lot more attention especially from EON and MGM. No time to die looks very promising but I really hope the next bond is introduced in an epic Spy Thriller
I'd prefer the next Bond in a fun spy action/adventure film rather.
Damn, I watched Thunderball a million times and I NEVER noticed Sir Sean's hand tremor during the beach scene
4:30 Pedantic footnote: the flashbulb lick is a Fleming touch from the novel, not a directorial touch from Young.
I love the analysis of the Domino scene. Even in Dr. No. Bond clearly had some chivalric instinct to nice girls. When Honey Rider is taken away with the suggestion that she will be raped, his instinct to protect was immediate but the job always came first.
Perfect timing. I so badly needed something to distract me. Thank you!
Happy to provide :) Enjoy, Mouse.
Young + Connery = unbeatable....the TRUE James Bond 007.
Fantastic vid.
Thank you, Clara!
I have really enjoyed your videos on the James Bond movies!
I liked Young's Bond films and too bad he didnt do anymore after Thunderball
As a long time Bond enthusiast and a new subscriber to this channel I find your approach to the 007 lore very very informative and by far very interesting by diving deep into the psychological aspect of the characters we all came to love over the years. I'm looking forward to expand my understanding of Bond's inner mechanisms, and everything surrounding the franchise, through your content. Thank you sir.
Congrats man, this is the second video in your channel I have seen, and I really appreciate the smart way you express your points of views, even the ones I don't agree with😬Keep up the good content👍
Excellent video. I learned some things and enjoyed all of it.
The thumbnail looks like Terence is getting introduced into Smash
Excellent vid, Dan! I’d love to see your take on other spy films, like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy or even shows - The Americans is one of favorite series ever
I would consider this an appropriate penance for your previous misattribution. 😁
Also, have you considered doing a "Ranking of Bond Movies"?
Either way, this was a well made video as always and I even learned some new stuff!
Thanks again!
Haha thank you Mouse. I've made a list before, but never done any sort of video. That could definitely be fun.
Well played, sir. A valiant effort at redemption!
Great insights - great video
Cheers, mate.
Now do a video about Lewis Gilbert's outragious set pieces and total departure from realism. ;)
Oh man, that'd be a blast. Gilbert was the master of absurdist spectacle in James Bond.
@@EyebrowCinema And he had to endure a lot of stupid pranks by Roger Moore.
@@EyebrowCinema I think Gilbert is probably my favourite of the Bond directors....He was certainly having a break, when it came to his Bond work....Because his films outside of the series Alfie, Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine were very much down to earth affairs, by contrast.
I won't apologize for what I wrote
I wouldn't expect you to.
Just curious, what are your thoughts and opinions on Peter Hunt??? He’s my personal favorite Bond director, mainly because I love OHMSS, it’s my favorite Bond film!!! I also think Gold with Roger Moore is a good film.
I love Peter Hunt. Probably my second or third favourite director of the series (Martin Campbell being the other man up there). OHMSS is indeed fantastic and has probably the best collection of action scenes in any Bond film, while the man's editing added enormously to the 60s Bond films. Much as I praised Young here, Hunt's editing and re-arranging of scenes in From Russia with Love is crucial to why the film's rather complicated plot is easy to follow.
Thanks for the reply! I think Peter Hunt’s efforts continued on what Young established in the earlier Bond films. The increasing humanization of Bond that Young started to explore was brought to it’s ultimate conclusion in OHMSS. I think it’s such a shame that Hunt’s contributions to the series ended after Majesty’s. The making of OHMSS book by Charles Helfenstein (highly recommended btw) points out that Hunt had every bit of control over the production of Majesty’s, which irritated Broccoli and Saltzmen, to where they didn’t want him back for the next few entries after that film. I know he was offered the directing gigs on both The Spy Who Loved Me, and For Your Eyes Only, as was Terence Young, but the loss of Peter Hunt affected the following Bond films, until maybe TSWLM, when Hunt’s protégée John Glenn took over as editor, then director. Big Martin Campbell fan as well. All in all, great video, loved Young’s directorial efforts, and once again thank you for the reply! Love watching you discuss Bond, and other films so keep up the good work!
@@mrb5791 I justed wanted to say great video and thanks for posting . You gave facts and respect towards a underappreciated director of the Bond films .
Interesting details about Young shaping Connery. Your assessment about Connery being the only one to master the three aspects of the character sounds correct.
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I’d never heard that “From Russia With Love” as considered the best. I watched it recently and found it flat except for a few good moments.
FWIW: that opening shot of FRWL is a tracking shot. There’s a little pan and tilt, but not much.
Great video, make me want to see again the 60's bond films
I would have love to see a Terence Fisher Bond, though.
One morning I watched TCM over breakfast, just as a 1950’s action film was ending. It was Attack Of The Tiger, a Cold War thriller, with Van Johnson as the hero and Sean Connery in a supporting role (more or less for comic relief). All I saw of the film was a small scale sea battle but that objective distanced framing of the cannon fire and the ship taking evasive action told me in seconds that I was watching the work of Terence Young. The style was unmistakable.
I haven't watched the video yet I know it will be my favourite of all time.
I dig the enthusiasm.
Also, I made a video on very elegant narration in Thunderball on my channel.
All the times I've seen Thunderball it had never occurred to me the reason he puts the sunglasses on
I'm sorry but the background theme here 8:49 is so perfect for all of your videos pls tell me the name of the song I can't find it
Both Planks by Small Colin :)
Wow brilliant analysis
your channel is very underrated btw, very nice work!
Your observations regarding Young are very insightful and interesting. In my opinion, he is the most relevant director of the entire 007 series. In fact, I only consider Connery´s movies anyway.
Wait Until Dark is amazing. Red Sun is not quite as good, but it's worth watching just to see Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, and Toshiro Mifune all in the same film.
I thought Wait Until Dark was a bit too "theatrical", but anyway very suspenseful. Triple Cross is also a good Terence Young spy flick, even though it does not come close to From Russia With Love and especially Thunderball.
It takes honorable humility to admit one's fallible humanity, so kudos to { U } for doing do.
And in paying profound tribute to inarguably the °°° DEFINITIVE •••• Bond Director, you proved how classy a gentleman you really are.
••••••• Brav-OO7 •••••••
Cheers, Gordon. I hope Terence would be pleased.
@@EyebrowCinema - No doubt this would be so. Once upon a youth, we wanted to write an ~ Appreciation ~ of the esteemed ** Mr. Young ** but sadly never did (alas, nor has anyone else. Part of this may be because his professionally-personal relations with Producers Broccoli and Saltzman soured considering during and after "Thunderball" because of hotel expenses among other issues plus * Peter Hunt * had to supervise the extensive post-production editing due to ** Mr. Young's ** unavailability.
[ • He had said in an interview the only Bond film he would be interested in helming later was the one involving 007's last mission • ]
Still (even Hitchcock admitted his admiration), what ** Terence Young ** accomplished assures his cinematic immortality (only * Martin Campbell * comes close and us our second favorite most influential director).
Omg I thought bond put the glasses on to "look cool". He WAS trying to hide his tears. Brilliant. Simply. Brilliant. Oh great now I need a pair of glasses.
In my opinion Terence Young is the only director who really understood and cared about James Bond. He is my favorite ever.
Speaking about Bond's humanity, what do you think about On Her Majesty's Secret Service?
It's certainly one of my favourites, but I can admit it's pretty flawed and tries too hard to be different sometimes. The tearjerking finale could have had some subtle foreshadowing beforehand as to not make it a Diabolous ex machina for example. But I still think "We have all the time in the world" is a resounding phrase which in its irony serves to tie up the film's message that Bond maybe dedicates too much time in missions and "surfacey" sex with the women he encounters in them rather than with a more serious and emotionally invested relationship. And it was on the worst possible moment that he realised that.
I adore On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Wasn't crazy about it when I was younger, but the emotional core is probably the strongest in all of Bond and the action scenes are next level. In terms of pure action filmmaking I think it's the best of the series.
@@EyebrowCinema The early scene in which Bond searches the office during the guy's lunch break is astonishingly suspenseful.
Great movie review, young man. 👏👏👏👏👏
Terance young, i like his movie - zarak, wait until dark, cold zwet, red sun, and james bond movie whi ch directed by him
He is my feorate director ।
Very insightful. I think you've quite redeemed yourself. Thank you.
Very interesting and well made 👏🏻
" - This is the price of failure, Professor Dent . "
Ironically, Dent has a Colt and it holds 8! I grew up on Connery's Bond and while everyone has their favorite, These Bond's where what everyone copied. As you mentioned in previous videos, The ones after, followed trends, didn't innovate.
I like to credit the original Young Bond films as being the first action blockbusters, mostly because Terence Young could really blow stuff up when required. Obviously, blockbusters as we know them today came into being in the mid to late seventies with films like Jaws and Star Wars, but in terms of action cinema, the Bond films were really the first modern action thriller flicks.
Another very good movie fight scene is in ‘Darker than Amber’ (1970) with Rod Taylor.
"Terence could've played James Bond." - Peter Hunt
That's not his underwear in From Russia with Love--that's what swimsuits looked like before they started dipping down to the knee:)
Excellent Video!!!
Great video here. What is the music you have in the background in the first half?
7:30 In this assassin scene, the original cut directed Bond to shoot the assassin six times which I guess was supposed to be ironic because the assassin had used all six of his shots. But the prop gun the assassin had was the wrong gun, he was supposed to have a revolver, hence the reference to having six shots. I think the guy in charge of the props was to blame. But Bond shooting the guy six times was cut bc it was deemed to violent. But that's what really happened.
Can we say that Dr No is the first action movie ever?
I wouldn't say it's the first action movie, but it definitely marked a major turning point in the genre. That's another thing I love about 60s Bond. It was the only time the series was truly leading the pack in action filmmaking rather than chasing trends.
I agree, Terence Fisher was a great Bond film-maker.
I agree
Hm. So Terrence Young and Sean Connery were a bit like Harry Hart and Eggsy Unwin in real life?
Yes he was important to Bond but it was Guy Hamilton and Goldfinger that establised6 the Bond formula that is still used today
Young famously said that it was "Sean Connery, Sean Connery,Sean Connery" that made Bond movie's a success.... I say it was Terrance Young, Terrance Young, Terrance Young
Young taught Connery how to give the character etiquettes since Sean grew up poor and had no idea act , so bless Young that gave Connery his style and grace .
I think one issue with Young’s direction is his Hitchcockian influence. The problem with it is that it’s a somewhat poor recreation of Alfred Hitchcock’s style, and only really makes one wish that Hitchcock had directed a Bond flick.
18:42 wow. It must have been a conscious effort on someone’s part
ngl, a hammer horror bond film would be pretty entertaining
6:25 Maurice BINder not BENder. LOL. You almost did it again. Another great video, BTW. And I wholeheartedly agree - "From Russia is Love" is the best Connery Bond entry, and arguably the best of the franchise. Shaw elevates everything he's in...
And to think this video was created just because of a slip of tongue f*ck up (2020 hit us all hard, man, some of us had sleeping schedules all f*cked up, some caught diseases, some people put Hammer directors into James Bond, don't worry). I'm almost glad you f*cked up, because Mr. Young was deserving a tribute anyhow. And you did a good one man. Take care.
Sorry but car phones weren't Science Fiction in 1963. They'd been around since 1946. They were a sign of wealth and status. Also, those aren't briefs Bond is wearing. They're 1960s style swimming trunks.
Other than these minor lapses, great work!
That ending though.... Kappa
I dont like the scenarios in bond movies where the primary antagonist keeps bond alive just to kill him later.. which is why whole suspense of FRWL feels empty.. in real world they would not be so dramatic and just get the job done at the first opportunity
"Virulently masculine" (your description of the Bond character) comes out meaning "destructive," "malicious," or "pathogenic," not the same as simply "virile." Is that your point of view?
I don't use the term with such inherent negative connotation. The character can certainly be interpreted that way, but I use it more to mark the character's strength and force.
@@EyebrowCinema Yes, but the word "virulently" HAS a negative connotation.
Good stuff! 16:40 - That's not underwear, though. That looks like a swimsuit from Jantzen. And a boxer cut, not briefs. But you are NOT a dumbass.
Good calls on the strengths of Thunderball! Personally I find it a slog and one of the least watchable films in the franchise. While I guess I won't be enjoying it anytime soon or ever, I can now definitely see Bond's humanity being developed in it.
I like to think of the FRWL and especially Goldfinger character as some sort of demigod of sex. Even in Dr. No he was something else, especially in the scene you picked as well: the cold-blooded execution of the would-be assassin. The detached attitude toward killing is not played for humor at all which makes it much more meaningful in my eyes than Bond's usual kills.
Yes, the old Fisher/Young Syndrome. Don't worry, I'm a sufferer myself.
Howard Weber says > Terence Young did a great job directing the first 2 Bond films but had Guy Hamilton ( my favorite Bond director ) directed Thunderball , I think it would have been an even better movie. Besides the bad continuity through out the movie , the under water scenes in Thunderball are too long and become boring. The Guy Hamilton Bond films whether you love them or not , are tighter with no slow boring moments. The Bond laser beam scene in Goldfinger , from the beginning to the end , is a great example of Hamilton`s directing skills.
What's way too much salt, fat, sugar, hot sauce for a dish in 1950 is way too bland to the jaded tastebuds of the 2020s. Audiences in 1931 wouldn't have wanted Dracula to be any scarier--the chills it contained were just barely tolerable to those long ago audiences. In the same vein (pun intended), Terence Young didn't "sell" the action more than he did because Dr. No with its jagged cutting, casual sex, and (for the time) ceaseless body count was already almost too "spicy." The audience didn't need all the "you are there" camera tricks our tastes need today.
this just in..James bond has always been a huge misunderstanding...he is actually a gay black woman who hates the country she works ...2021 version
and Shak sphir sait wats in a name😅😂😂😂
UNDERWEAR?! Look again. Swim trunks.
Nah Goldfinger was the best one!