The dead are alive ???
sinlum
Posts: 380MI6 Agent
Hi all,
Apologies if there is already a discussion about this. Please point me in the right direction if it is the case.
Spectre is unique in the film series as it is the only Bond film that opens with a caption as part of the film narrative. This caption reads:
The dead are alive
Does anyone know why it was put in the film? I know its meaning can be interpreted in different ways but I am interested to see what people think of this caption and what it possibly means to them,
I am working on a bit of Bond literature at the moment and I am keen to see what Bond fans think of this caption.
Comments
I believe that it has two meanings. One is superficial in that it is immediately followed by the Mexican Day of the Dead scene.
The second is that Bond’s actions during the story are influenced by people who are dead (M, Vesper) or who he thought to be dead (Blofeld, or Oberhauser to be more accurate) or who die during the plot (Mr White) but their influence continues (Bond goes to White's daughter then L'Americain).
Why was it put there? Because someone in a position to put it there (Wilson, Broccoli, Mendes - take your pick) wanted it there.
I thought it was some cute ref back to Live And Let Die. I didn't see anything in it other than superficial b*s from the filmmakers.
Thanks for the responses guys. I thought myself that another interpretation could be the metaphorical rebirth of Spectre and Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
I did some digging today on the font used for the caption. I believe it is Courier which was created in the mid 50s and was quickly adopted as a font used for film scripts. Was it the case that the Fleming and McClory scripts of the abandoned Bond screenplay titled Longitude 57 West were written in this font? Could it have been a little tribute to the fact that these scripts were now in the possession of EON?