A VIEW TO A KILL (John Glen, 1985)

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Grace Jones has been a star for 40 years, and there’s still no one quite like her
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Released in the US 33 years ago today

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Dolph Lundgren (Venz) scene: High Resolution

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From Kino Lorber:

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray August 14th!

GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI
Directed by Sophie Fiennes

“Pure energy, fierce, and empowering." - The Huffington Post

Bonus Features:
*Audio commentary with Grace Jones, director Sophie Fiennes, and Judith S. Casselberry, Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Bowdoin College

*Audio commentary with director Sophie Fiennes and critic Ian Haydn Smith

*Q&A with Grace Jones and Sophie Fiennes (Courtesy of Film Society of Lincoln Center)

*Trailer

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Grace Jones interviewed by Andy Warhol (& André Leon Talley) in 1984

WARHOL: Who is James Bond now?
JONES: It’s still Roger Moore, but I wish it were Hans [Lundgren, GJ’s bodyguard beau now known as Dolph Lundgren]. He should be the next James Bond. I don’t think Roger has much more…

TALLEY: This is his last film.
JONES: I don’t think he can go anymore. Hans is going to be coaching me for the kickboxing scenes. I’m a kickboxer in the movie and Hans is a champion kickboxer, so it’s perfect.

WARHOL: He’ll be in the movie, too?
JONES: Yeah, I don’t know anyone who could coach me any better.

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“She was playing the baddie and Roger Moore was Bond,” says Dolph. “He was nice to me. I was just a kid, a nobody. He always smoked a cigar and said, ‘Dolph is larger than Denmark’.

“Once, in Cannes, I saw him in a restaurant. In front of about 200 people, he yelled, ‘Oh, Dolph, we’ve got one thing in common – I also hate Jean-Claude Van Damme!’ But I don’t hate Jean-Claude. The trouble was, he’d done a film with Roger and it wasn’t very good.”

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Belgium cinema




UK cinema




Cannes 1985, Carlton Hotel entrance

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Almost 35 years ago

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The prestigious Paris Rex cinema, September 1985

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Royal premiere programme, June 12th 1985, Odeon cinema.

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Photo courtesy of Mark O'Connel, author of the book "Catching Bullets - Memoirs of a Bond Fan"
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TV reports behind the scenes







EPK soundbites

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Marquee towering the Paramount Opera theatre in Paris

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It's an oddly forgotten part of the Bond canon really. I always felt it should have been held in higher regard. I mean it's not brilliant, and it's certainly nowhere close to top 10 Bond, but there's memorable set pieces (notably Eiffel Tower), great villains (you've got Chris Walken in a Bond film which is awesome, and Grace is great), and one of the best theme tunes too. I know Roger was too old to play the part in reality, but that aside, I've always enjoyed View to a Kill. Probably more so than the previous 3 Moore did, with two that feel forgettable and interchangeable (Eyes Only and Octopussy) and then of course the legendary Moonraker. Iconic, possibly for the wrong reasons.
And obviously the Dolph walk on...