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Eurospy Guide Paperback – October 24, 2008
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- Print length308 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherMidnight Marquee Press
- Publication dateOctober 24, 2008
- Dimensions6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101887664521
- ISBN-13978-1887664523
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- Publisher : Midnight Marquee Press; First Edition (October 24, 2008)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 308 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1887664521
- ISBN-13 : 978-1887664523
- Item Weight : 14.7 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
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Matt Blake has been writing about cult European cinema since the heyday of the fanzine in the 1990s. After editing a few issues of the short-lived, much lamented The Cheeseplant he released his first book, The EuroSpy Guide, co-written with David Deal, in 2004. More books have followed: Fantastikal Diabolikal Supermen, Giorgio Ardisson: The Italian James Bond, In the Name of the Law and Science Fiction, Italian Style. When not distracted an otherwise long-forgotten film he can usually be found wandering around the countryside near his home in Lewes or listening to discordant electronic music.
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Then I was recently introduced to the world of the "Eurospy". It turns out each European Country had at least one major secret agent film series of their own, whether it was the French "OSS 117", the German "Kommasar X", the Italian's "Dick Malloy, C.I.A. Agent 077" just to name three. I suddenly found myself in a world of new Spy Film to watch and many Graymarket and Public Domain DVD titles to choose from. What to pick?
Here is a great answer! Matt Blake's and David Deal's "Eurospy Guide" is a wonderful reference book that lists and reviews these films. Even Limiting itself to the 1960's (When the whole Bond fad hit it's peak with the film "Thunderball") you'll find this book lists hundreds of films, sorted by their English-language titles (and how quick you'll discover how these of these films had multiple titles!). You'll also find Appendices listing Film Series, Biographies of Lead Actors and lots more! I keep my copy next to my computer at home, so when I find myself sorting through Ebay or even Amazon listings, I have a immediate reference to give me a sense of whether I should pursue that bid or not.
I've discovered I've been missing out on some great, (though low-budget),imaginative fun and with this book, I find I don't have to choose films blindly! Thank, guys!
Both Blake and co-author David Deal take turns reviewing the 150+ mostly low (to no) budget spy films presented here, offering tons of info and personal observations. Their writing style is intiment, down to earth, as though a friend were telling you of some must-see movie, or warning you of bad trash. You also get a listing of the series films, a spy biography, an actors, directors, composers cross reference and top ten listings of spies, films, villains etc. And it's all well illustrated with many poster and lobby card photos.
This is one of the best film books I own, and if you (like me) can't get your fill of Euro-spy/police/horror/giallo/trash then you're definately in need of this book too!
And, though the book is commendably text-heavy, the illustrations--of movie posters and the like--are almost uniformly horrible. The majority of the pics look as though they just lifted jpgs from Ebay--and thus the illustrations are very low-resolution and broken up. They should have held out for better pictures or just done without.
BUT the strength of the book is not pictures, so it's really not a big deal.
All in all, however, this book is still indispensible for anyone interested in the subject. And I have to say that it is much better written and more accurate than the majority of film books from McFarland. Now we just need to get a similar book on the Sword and Sandal "peplum" movies!
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After the success of 007 worldwide, several producers from the ranks of the European B-industry decided it was well-worth giving the new fad a try. And so, from the fertile fantasy of Italian, Spanish and German filmmakers, new and more improbable agents were born: the double or trine incarnation of 077 (also known as S. 077), the daredevil apparition of Dick Smart 2.007, the exotic missions of 3S3 and much more. Some agents even changed their number for the different markets, and so it became that French spy Francis Coplan, code name X-28,became agent 777 in Italy and other countries. To venture in such a pulp jungle you obviously need a guide. And while in Italy it has just been published a specialty dictionary called "Segretissimi" ("Top Secrets") by Daniele Magni (Edizioni Bloodbuster, Milan 2009), for those that cannot read Italian the seminal "Eurospy Guide" by American authors Matt Blake and David Deal (2004, reprinted in 2008) remains THE reference book on this difficult subject. Why difficult? Because the films themselves (in excess of 200, according to the most informed filmographies) are almost invariably out of the market: 35 mm copies are scarce or lost, VHS editions are a problematic find and even on DVD you can find a little here, a little there and no more than that. It often happens that to see a rare Italian film you have to get its Norwegian or Danish edition, NOT always with English subtitles! But "The Eurospy Guide" greatly helps you in filling these gaps by telling you the films as if they were actual spy-stories, and by orienting you in their VHS-DVD editions.
The book takes the form of a dictionary with entries in alphabetical order, which is quite good to me except that I miss an introductory essay which recounts the history of these productions and their development in time. This way, you lack the chronological perpective and an overview of the phenomenon. However satisfied by the "Guide", I'm still waiting for a David Pirie-type of book, say, "A Heritage of Spies" which goes into a detailed summary of the genre, describes its principal charachters (and moviemakers) and THEN provides an alphabetical listing of the films themselves, giving a capsule review for each of them. Here, the reviews are much more than capsule and it's obvious that the two authors actually saw the films they're talking about, but as to a history of the Euro-espionage thriller, you'll have to build it for yourself putting together scaps of information from this or that entry.
Another important point is that "The Eurospy Guide" does not feature colour photographs, not even for posters: everything is b/w, although the quantity and, sometimes, quality of illustrations is reassuring. All in all, this is a most useful book and the best effort you can hope to get your hands on, at least for the moment. And if you think that James Tont's car is a FIAT Punto (which was not in production in 1965) and not a much more primitive 500, well, it simply means you didn't live in Europe at the time -- which is not a problem after all. You'll be able to make amend in the next edition, dedicating it to all true fans "From America -- with love".





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