{"id":52025,"date":"2020-09-29T21:51:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T04:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52025"},"modified":"2021-01-22T11:48:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T18:48:28","slug":"you-only-live-twice-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52025","title":{"rendered":"You Only Live Twice (1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Kill Bond &#8212; <em>now<\/em>!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Poster-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Poster-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Poster-173x270.jpg 173w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Poster.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter faking his own death, James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to Japan to investigate the mysterious disappearance of American and Soviet spacecrafts. Once there, he is assisted by the head of the Japanese Secret Service (Tetsuro Tamba) and a beautiful agent (Akiko Wakabayashi); is nearly killed by a feisty SPECTRE agent (Helga Brandt); is ceremonially wedded to another lovely Japanese agent (Mie Hama); and comes face to face in a volcano with his number one SPECTRE enemy: Blofeld (Donald Pleasence).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cold War<\/li>\n<li>Donald Pleasence Films<\/li>\n<li>James Bond Films<\/li>\n<li>Sean Connery Films<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<li>World Domination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that the &#8220;fifth James Bond film&#8221; is &#8220;not a bad Bond film, but it doesn&#8217;t compare to its predecessors.&#8221; He argues that &#8220;the formula had become a little stale,&#8221; and that it &#8220;should have been about twenty minutes shorter&#8221; &#8212; but I actually find this a more relevant criticism for <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51957\"><em>Thunderball<\/em> (1965)<\/a>, which most definitely lags. The storyline for <em>You Only Live Twice<\/em> &#8212; very loosely scripted by Roald Dahl (!) from Ian Fleming&#8217;s novel &#8212; moves along at a reasonable clip:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Connery.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Connery-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Connery-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Connery-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Connery-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Connery-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Connery-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Connery.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the last twenty minutes feature what may be the most exciting sequence in the series to that point: ninja warriors descending into a hidden volcano base and wreaking absolute havoc on operations while Blofeld struggles to hold onto his white cat at all costs. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donald Pleasence as Blofeld<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Pleasence.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Pleasence-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Pleasence-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Pleasence-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Pleasence-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Pleasence-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Pleasence-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Pleasence.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Impressive sets (by Ken Adam)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets2-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets2-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets2-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets2-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets2-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Sets2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Freddie Young&#8217;s Panavision widescreen cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography2-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography2-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography2-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography2-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography2-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Cinematography2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The fantastic finale<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale1-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale1-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale1-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale1-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale1-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale1-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/You-Only-Live-Twice-Finale1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s a worth a look for the brilliant finale. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0062512\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/dvds\/you_only_live_twice.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/you-only-live-twice-1967.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1967\/06\/14\/archives\/screen-sayonara-007connery-is-at-it-again-as-whatshisname.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4034twic.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/series-jamesbond5.html\">FilmSiteReview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Kill Bond &#8212; now!&#8221; Synopsis: After faking his own death, James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to Japan to investigate the mysterious disappearance of American and Soviet spacecrafts. Once there, he is assisted by the head of the Japanese Secret Service (Tetsuro Tamba) and a beautiful agent (Akiko Wakabayashi); is nearly killed by a feisty SPECTRE agent (Helga Brandt); is ceremonially wedded to another lovely Japanese agent (Mie Hama); and comes face to face in a volcano with his number&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52025\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52025"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65118,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52025\/revisions\/65118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}