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Live and let die
Ian Fleming · 初版 1954 年
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美丽且擅长占卜的 Solitaire 是 Mr Big 的囚徒（兼工具）——后者是制造恐惧的大师、犯罪领域的艺术家以及巫毒教的死亡男爵。James Bond 对迷信不屑一顾——他深知 Mr Big 还是 SMERSH 的顶尖特工，构成了真正的威胁。不仅如此，在一路追踪穿过哈莱姆区的爵士乐酒吧、大沼泽地直至加勒比海之后，007 意识到 Mr Big 是他所遭遇过的最危险的对手之一。而没有人，甚至包括神秘莫测的 Solitaire 在内，能预料这场意志的较量究竟会如何收场……
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《The Spy Who Loved Me》是我读过的 Fleming 作品里最短的一本。但即便如此，我也赞同文章作者的观点，即很多邦德小说都有严重的硬伤。我读了《Live and Let Die》，Fleming 试图模仿 Joel Chandler Harris 笔调的拙劣尝试真让我替他尴尬。这就是典型的电影拍得比原著好的例子。《Goldfinger》里的反派竟然真的打算去诺克斯堡偷黄金。……
"The Spy Who Loved Me" was the shortest of Fleming's works that I read. But given that, I agree with the author of the article that many of the Bond books had serious failings. I read "Live and Let Die" and was embarrassed for Fleming for his attempt to channel Joel Chandler Harris. A case where the film bettered the book. "Goldfinger" has the villain actually trying to steal the gold from Fort Knox.…
……在《Goldfinger》里，Goldfinger 竟然是真的打算去诺克斯堡偷黄金。电影里改成他想毁掉黄金以增加其稀缺性，这样反而现实得多。不管你觉得电影版《Live and Let Die》怎么样，但看 Fleming 硬写“黑人俚语（jive）”简直让人尴尬得脚趾抠地。
…"Goldfinger", Goldfinger is actually trying to steal the gold from Fort Knox. It was much more realistic to have him instead trying to destroy the gold to increase scarcity. Say what you want about the film "Live and Let Die" but reading Fleming trying to write "jive" was just embarrassing.
我读完这些之后的看法是，电影整体上确实是更好的作品。但另一件值得记住的事是，在《Live and Let Die》之后，Eon 制片公司就基本不再搞严格意义上的 Fleming 原著“改编”了。续作（《The Man With The Golden Gun》）除了名字跟小说一样，其他内容基本没半毛钱关系，在那之后电影大多只是在东拼西凑好莱坞当时流行的大杂烩（比如《Moonraker》加入了……
My take after reading those is that the films are generally better works, but the other thing that's worth remembering is that Eon was out of the business of "adapting" Fleming novels after _Live and Let Die_. The follow-up (_The Man With The Golden Gun_) shares a title with a novel, but little else, and after that the films are mostly just a pastiche of whatever's-hot-in-Hollywood (e.g., _Moonraker_ having…
而且，Eon 电影里几乎就没有哪个原创点子是称得上优秀的。一直到《Live and Let Die》为止，电影都还是相当正统的 Fleming 原著改编。在那之后，他们手头有版权的书都用光了，电影的实际质量就开始断崖式下跌。依我看，在 LALD 之后唯一真正能看的非改编作品就是……
Moreover, there are almost zero examples of Eon films where the Eon ideas were good. The films are pretty straight-ahead adaptations of Fleming novels through _Live and Let Die_. After that, they were out of books they had rights to, and the films take a serious plunge in terms of actual quality. For my money, the only genuinely watchable non-adaptation example after LALD is…
……Markus Zusak 的《Book Thief》- Rhys Bowen 的《In Farleigh Field》- Anthony McCarten 的《Darkest Hour》- Gillian Flynn 的《Gone Girl》- Dan Brown 的《The Secret of Secrets》- Ian Fleming 的《Casino Royale》- Ian Fleming 的《Live and Let Die》- Ian Fleming 的《Moonraker》- Ian Fleming 的《Diamonds Are Forever》- Ian Fleming 的《From Russia with Love》- Ian Fleming 的《Dr No》- Ian Fleming 的《Goldfinger》- Ian Fleming 的《For Your Eyes Only》……
…Book Thief by Markus Zusak - In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen - Darkest Hour by Anthony McCarten - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown - Casino Royale by Ian Fleming - Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming - Moonraker by Ian Fleming - Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming - From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming - Dr No by Ian Fleming - Goldfinger by Ian Fleming - For Your Eyes Only by…
……Patrick Bernhart 的《Tom Dumoulin》（203页）小说类：Ayn Rand 的《Anthem》（105页）；Ayn Rand 的《Fountainhead》（704页）；Robert Ludlum 的《The Bourne Identity》（566页）；Michael Crichton 的《Jurassic Park》（466页）；Ian Fleming 的《Live and Let die》（229页）经典名著：Charles Dickens 的《A Christmas Carol》（104页）；Franz Kafka 的《The Metamorphosis》（201页）；F. Scott Fitzergerald 的《The Great Gatsby》（180页）；Robert Louis Stevenson 的《Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde》……
…Tom Dumoulin by Patrick Bernhart (p:203) Fiction: Anthem by Ayn Rand (p:105); Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (p:704); The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum (p:566); Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (p:466); Live and Let die by Ian Fleming (p:229) Classics: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (p:104); The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (p:201); The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzergerald (p:180); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by…