Actress Trina Parks is now leading the campaign for a new, less camp 007. The character was born in a cruder era, the 20th century. Unfortunate years, to be sure, but with the advantage of not being subjected to a psychological analysis at every turn, even over a bread basket

“The inspiration for the film stems from the simple realisation that it was possible – and indeed necessary – to tell the character’s story beyond the confines of documentaries, as has been done abroad for so many musical heroes. It has an inspiring moral.” Interview

Today, half a century on, two film scholars have published a book analysing the cult classic’s flawless screenplay, celebrating the rock-solid structure of a film that has entered the collective imagination thanks in part to Bob De Niro’s chameleon-like performance and famous lines that have become part of everyday slang, such as "You talking to me?"

The director has created a masterpiece here, just as he did with “Dunkirk”. What can we say about three hours of brilliant cinema without a single dull moment? Christopher Nolan is always brilliant. It’s cinema that has become small

By casting Nyong’o as Elena, the director is injecting a political dimension into the film. But who knows what the audience will make of it, given that they are now accustomed to an increasingly diverse society – where even the faces of film stars have become more varied – and to a world of cinema where we have already seen everything portrayed by everyone