The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
1974 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Moore facing Christopher Lee’s Scaramanga. Far East setting, energy-crisis MacGuffin, solar weapon.
Guy Hamilton
This archive gathers the films directed by Guy Hamilton reviewed at Master of Worlds: “Diamonds Are Forever (1971)”, “Goldfinger (1964)”, “Live and Let Die (1973)”, and “The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)” — 4 titles in all. Seen together they show a consistent sensibility across different films. The reviews focus on the direction as craft — what it contributes, how it serves each story, and what separates the work from the ordinary version of the same material. Rather than rank the films, the collection treats them as a body of work worth examining. The list expands as additional titles are added.
Live and Let Die (1973)
1973 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Roger Moore’s debut. Voodoo, blaxploitation tropes, Jane Seymour as Solitaire. Paul McCartney theme.
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
1971 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Connery returning. Las Vegas setting, diamond smuggling, Blofeld as Howard Hughes pastiche.
Goldfinger (1964)
1964 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Sean Connery facing gold-obsessed Auric Goldfinger and silent assassin Oddjob. Fort Knox plot.