tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post8273178808992052284..comments2024-03-20T01:16:08.502-07:00Comments on Double O Section: Steven Spielberg's Spy Movie Gets a TitleTannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-30449584722778719682015-03-05T16:16:32.772-08:002015-03-05T16:16:32.772-08:00Very interesting! I didn't know that. That wou...Very interesting! I didn't know that. That would, indeed, have made a great title too. But I do think Bridge of Spies is a GREAT title, the only problem with it being that it's been used. In that book, as an I Spy episode... and it's very similar to the title of Olen Steinhauer's first spy novel Bridge of Sighs. But it's still a great title! <br /><br />Yeah, I'd love to see Spielberg tackle a full-on American agent. He toyed with the idea of directing the Matt Helm reboot at one point, which would have been so cool to see. I know, I know, Helm isn't really a SPY, more of an assassin, but he's as much spy as James Bond, so colloquially I think the term applies. He's probably the closest thing to a real American James Bond, and it would have been great to see what Spielberg did with Hamilton's material. And what Williams did with the music!Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-40006143813746248082015-03-05T16:02:59.204-08:002015-03-05T16:02:59.204-08:00James Donovan, whom Hanks is portraying in the fil...James Donovan, whom Hanks is portraying in the film, wrote his own account of the exchange and his role in it, titled <i>Strangers on a Bridge</i>. By pure chance I came across a copy some years back in a used bookstore, and thought to myself, "Hmmm, might be a movie in this." At the time, I had no idea that Spielberg and Hanks had their own telling of the tale in the works. Guess I should have become a famous movie star/director a long time ago. :) <br /><br />Anyway, <i>Strangers on a Bridge</i> would also make a great, Hitchcockian title, but <i>Bridge of Spies</i> isn't without its own retro charm. The nationalist American in me wishes Spielberg would direct a period spy thriller about a professional American spy, since when he took on the subject of Israel's covert war against terrorism he produced a masterpiece of the true spy genre, <i>Munich</i>. But I'm pleased to have this movie on its way all the same.Quillernoreply@blogger.com