The Bond Blitz: Bond vs. Blofeld

The Bond Blitz: Bond vs. Blofeld

The Bond Blitz: Bond vs. Blofeld

The Bond Blitz: Bond vs. Blofeld

The Bond Blitz: Bond vs. Blofeld

The Bond Blitz: Bond vs. Blofeld

TIFF Cinematheque - Retrospective

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Cat lover, Nehru jacket devotee and diabolical criminal mastermind, Ernst Stavro Blofeld was 007’s arch-nemesis, battling Bond across six films in the series. As we kick off the Bond exhibition and film programme, we present all six of Bond and Blofeld’s on-screen battles back to back in an all-night marathon screening.

Films in The Bond Blitz: Bond vs. Blofeld

    • From Russia With Love
    • Terence Young

    • Seeking revenge for the death of their agent Dr. No, SPECTRE lures Bond into a trap in Istanbul with two tantalizing pieces of bait — a top-secret Soviet encryption device and a leggy blonde beauty — in this taut espionage thriller that is widely considered to be one of the best films in the series.

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    • Thunderball
    • Terence Young

    • "Look up! Look down! Look out!" When SPECTRE holds the world to ransom with two stolen atomic bombs, Bond follows the trail to the Bahamas and tangles with eye-patched desperado Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi) and his aquatic army.

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    • You Only Live Twice
    • Lewis Gilbert

    • "Resurrected" after a faked assassination, Bond heads to Japan and finds that SPECTRE has been disrupting space launches from their base inside a giant volcano, where the suave secret agent finally comes face to face with his arch-nemesis, SPECTRE chief Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Donald Pleasence).

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    • On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    • Peter Hunt

    • One of the best yet most little-known films in the Bond series finds 007 (short-lived Connery replacement George Lazenby) pursuing SPECTRE mastermind Blofeld to a mountain fortress in the Swiss Alps while simultaneously embarking on another dangerous adventure: falling in love with fast-living, suicidal countess Tracy (Diana Rigg).

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    • Diamonds Are Forever
    • Guy Hamilton

    • Sean Connery made a one-off return to the Bond franchise with this light-hearted and unabashedly campy entry, in which 007 heads to Las Vegas to foil his arch-enemy Blofeld's plot to blackmail the superpowers with a deadly, diamond-powered space laser.

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    • For Your Eyes Only
    • John Glen

    • Bond and a vengeful, crossbow-wielding beauty battle a KGB double agent in the Mediterranean as they seek to retrieve a vital missile targeting system.

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