On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Action! If there’s one word associated with cinema, the tension of movie sets, and the focus of attention, it’s this one. Action is very often at the heart of popular cinema: Harold Lloyd hanging from the clock hands in Safety Last! (1923), Cary Grant threatened and strafed by a plane in North by Northwest (1959), Franka Potente gasping for air in Run Lola Run (1998)... Westerns, swashbuckler films, martial arts or adventure flicks, thrillers, all these genres rely on action—sometimes frenetic, sometimes meticulously measured.
From movies by Sergei Eisenstein to Gilles Carle, from John Ford to John Boorman and Werner Herzog, via Paul Verhoeven, Kathryn Bigelow, Park Chan-wook, Érik Canuel, and Nicolas Winding Refn, this series will take you through the full range of emotions, from laughter to thrills, from fear to satisfaction.
35 mm print loaned by the Cineclub Film Society
James Bond must thwart the plans of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the leader of Spectre, who is developing a virus that could have devastating consequences for humanity. During his investigation, Secret Agent 007 falls in love with Tracy, who is the daughter of an organized crime boss.
Peter R. Hunt
Peter R. Hunt was a British director, editor and producer of film and television, best known for his work on the James Bond film series, first as an editor and then as a second unit director. He finally served as director for On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969. His work on the series helped pioneer an innovative, fast-cutting editing style.
