I'm going to plow through the three films in the Criterion Channel's James Bond collection, and so I watched From Russia with Love. As I said previously, I'm not really that big of a James Bond film, but this is definitely the film where they figured it out (and many folks, including actors who played Bond, consider it the best in the series). It's more serious and gritty than Dr. No, and definitely less silly, Bond spends his time in Istanbul and Vienna, beginning a recurring character in the films: exotic locations. It's odd to watch films like this and remember that I've been lucky enough to go to many of these locations, including Istanbul and Vienna. And, yes, if you're an Archer fan you completely see where so much of the material comes from, including his Russian girlfriend, Katya.
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