 Bonding with Bj, Celebrating Bond title designer Robert Brownjohn |
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Commodore RNVR Group: The Admiralty Enlisted: 8 October 2001 From: 38.6902N - 89.9816W  |
16 February 2006 - 16:52
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Ajay Chowdhury checks in with this gem:
   CBn: A pretty cold bastard who wants revenge for the death of someone it loved. |
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Commander CMG Group: Veterans Enlisted: 3 May 2004 |
16 February 2006 - 20:01
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Very interesting stuff. I had no idea Robert Brownjohn was a Swinging Sixties figure in this way (and was responsible for that very famous image for the show Obsession at Robert Fraser's art gallery).
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 31 August 2003 |
16 February 2006 - 20:45
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I've been to the exhibition myself.
I really recommend it to anyone who can get there. Tower Hill/London Bridge Tube - Butlers Wharf, past Pont de la Tour restaurant. Very interesting and educational. Very evocative of the period. Great building and great site. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
16 February 2006 - 21:20
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I love this type of article - covering what, in my opinion, are some of the lesser known aspects of the James Bond world.
Think I will definitely have to pick this book up.  ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander RNR Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 27 July 2001 From: Los Angeles, California |
16 February 2006 - 23:36
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Who is the Ajay Chowdhury fella and how come I envy him so much?
 �Is it a delicious dessert you live in?� - Me, because I�m funny. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 30 August 2001 From: A secret hollowed out volcano in Sydney (33.79294� South, 150.93805� East) |
17 February 2006 - 06:20
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Thanks for the article Ajay, wherever you are (working on KISS KISS BANG BANG #3 no doubt).
The "Bj" had me thinking of something else for a second. 
 You're born, you take [censored], get out in the world, you take more [censored]. Climb a little higher, take less [censored]. 'Till one day you're in the rarified atmosphere, and you've forgotten what [censored] even looks like. Welcome to MI6 007. |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 31 August 2003 |
20 February 2006 - 22:31
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Whatever could you mean, Blofeld's Cat?
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
30 March 2006 - 20:07
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Finally have this book on the way. Can't wait for it to arrive.
~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 June 2002 From: London |
30 March 2006 - 20:26
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Very cool designer. My favourite story is that at his height he was asked to design stationary for a person (whose name I forget. Let's call him Ralph Jones). Brownjohn was famous enough to simply write 'Ralph Jones had this stationary designed for him by Robert Brownjohn' in very ordinary type at the top of the page. Very cool!
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Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 5 July 2002 |
1 April 2006 - 22:24
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Yes, he and Trevor Bond are often mislooked for their contributions to the iconography of the Bond series. Considering T.B. is credited with titles animation for "Dr. No", it's reasonable to assume that his working of the white dots or the crimson wash coming down in the gun barrel design is almost as much his as Binder's. The blood effect was the exact same element used in the first 16 Bond films. What artist wouldn't love to have something he created see life in 16 films over the course of 27 years?
p.s. I remember reading in either Brosnan's or Rubin's respective books that regarding the FRWL titles, Brownjohn got the idea of projecting titles onto a figure when his wife walked in front of a slide projector. Also I recall reading that it was an in-joke to project Ted Moore's credit on the dancer's tush. This post has been edited by Donovan: 1 April 2006 - 22:26  "That's a splendid name for it. It's certainly impressive enough. Quantum of Solace -- the amount of comfort." -James Bond |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 30 August 2001 From: A secret hollowed out volcano in Sydney (33.79294� South, 150.93805� East) |
2 April 2006 - 21:17
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QUOTE(Donovan @ 2 April 2006 - 06:24)  p.s. I remember reading in either Brosnan's or Rubin's respective books that regarding the FRWL titles, Brownjohn got the idea of projecting titles onto a figure when his wife walked in front of a slide projector. Also I recall reading that it was an in-joke to project Ted Moore's credit on the dancer's tush. If I remember correctly, this is mentioned on the DVD as well, although I'm not too sure if the Moore/tush bit is or not. You're born, you take [censored], get out in the world, you take more [censored]. Climb a little higher, take less [censored]. 'Till one day you're in the rarified atmosphere, and you've forgotten what [censored] even looks like. Welcome to MI6 007. |
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