Vatican newspaper gives blanket coverage to latest James Bond movie
CWN – October 30, 2012
The Vatican newspaper has devoted a series of complimentary articles to the latest James Bond movie.
L’Osservatore Romano gives a positive review to Skyfall, saying that the latest incarnation of the British secret agent is “more human, capable of being moved and of crying: in a word, more real.”
The Vatican newspaper also includes, in its Tuesday edition, an interview with the film’s star, Daniel Craig; a rundown of previous actors who portrayed the Bond character; a note on how author Ian Fleming chose the name for his action hero; and a review of the soundtracks for the 23 Bond films that have appeared to date.
Since the arrival of Gian Maria Vian as the newspaper’s editor in 2007, L’Osservatore Romano has made a concerted effort to engage the world of popular culture, frequently carrying reviews and essays on films and music.
Additional sources for this story: New James Bond film gets five-star Vatican blessing (Reuters) entertainment-us-jamesbond-vatican-idUSBRE89T1H520121030
“Since the arrival of Gian Maria Vian as the newspaper’s editor in 2007, L’Osservatore Romano has …”
A. Gone to hell in a handbasket
B. Formulated the first test case in international legal history for institutionalizing for psychiatric observation the editor and staff of an entire newspaper
C. Been hijacked by the writers for David Letterman
D. Merged with Gina Brown’s tawdry journalistic enterprises
E. Secretly merged with MGM Studios
National Catholic Distorter: Father Küng?
Hans Küng: Vell, let me zee, my favorite Bond girl ist Rosa Klebb, ze KGB colonel und SPECTRE agent in From Russia with Love,
ja, manifesting zome of ze edgy Cold War realism und Etonian misogyny of ze Ian Fleming novels.
Fleming vuz, you know, friends vith Evelyn Waugh, ja.
Alzough she may remind zome of ze nun who taught Nancy Pelosi at Trinity College or maybe one at your school.
It ist a familiar type, ja. Zat vee all know so vell.
But I also like ze Blofeld guy, ze very neurotic villain from SPECTRE who vuz alvays trying to get Bond on ze ski vacations vith ze pretty girls.
Maybe he needed to read more Kierkegaard, Camus, or Freud, ja?
Or Winnie the Pooh.
Hiding in ze Alps planning ze world domination fantasies für modernity.
Maybe he just needed a good hug. Many bullies just need a good hug.
Und so zere ist much in ze Ian Fleming 007 James Bond films für understanding modernity und ze hermeneutics und existential crisis of ze modern world vich ist so important für Vatican II.