Welshrogue

For fourteen James Bond movies, starting with the first, Dr. No, Maurice Binder weaved his magic on the opening credits in a style that was unique and much loved. To the theme tunes of movies such as You Only Live Twice, Thunderball and Live and Let Die, Binder filmed scantily clad, or naked models and then hide most of their skin with special effects, images projected on their bodies, or even lasers.

Maurice Binder was also responsible for perhaps the most iconic part of a James Bond movie, the view down the barrel of a gun as Bond walks, twists and shoots the gun holder, then as the blood is flowing down the screen, the opening of the barrel fades to the start of the movie.

When Binder was not involved with Bond, he worked on movies such as The Sea Wolves, The Wild Geese, Gold (all featuring Roger ’3rd Bond’ Moore), Battle of Britain, Shout at the Devil, and perhaps the most fun one to watch, Barbarella.

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