Analysis
Symbols and Tropes
Hero's Journey
Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...
Setting
Nobody's Business but the TurksBond has more frequent flier miles than the Trivago guy, who's totally a secret agent hiding in plain sight and you know it. 007 continues his globetrotting by visiti...
Point of View
If we know more than Bond, does that qualify us to be a double-o agent?We ask because From Russia with Love is structured in a way that we know more than Bond at all times. We know that SPECTRE has...
Genre
Spy Action ThrillerWho is James Bond? It's a question as difficult to answer as "What is the meaning of life?" or "Is a hot dog a sandwich?" (Yes, btw, according to the Notorious RBG. It's now set...
What's Up With The Title?
From Russia with LustFrom Russia with Love is part of a lineage of movie titles featuring lovingly handcrafted notes from one person to another. Think To Wong Foo…Thanks for Everything, Julie New...
What's Up With The Ending?
That's Amore?Sparks fly at the end of From Russia with Love and it's gonna get hot in here. The action, romantic and otherwise, ramps up and doesn't stop.Bond eventually realizes Grant's the bad gu...
Shock Rating
PGThe opening sequence to From Russia with Love makes it impossible to see who the heck worked on this movie, because all the credits are projected onto women's bodies. A pre-Red Dawn PG rating is...