Motifs in the James Bond film series that is central to the spy film genre. The gun barrel imagery sometimes carried over to the film posters used to promote Bond films, including as a familiarising element on the introduction of Timothy Dalton for "The Living Daylights". The sequence was traditionally placed at the start of each film until the 2006 instalment "Casino Royale", where it appears after the cold open and is incorporated into the plot; in the 2008 film, "Quantum of Solace", the sequence was placed at the end of the film and incorporates the film's title in its design. For Skyfall, director Sam Mendes had
The James Bond Dossier Jeremy Black, an analysis of the cultural politics of the Bond books and films; "James Bond and Philosophy: Questions Are Forever" (2006), edited by James B. South and Jacob M. Held, a collection of essays which discuss ethical and moral issues arising out of the Bond stories; and Simon Winder's "The Man Who Saved Britain: A Personal Journey into the Disturbing World of James Bond" (2006), a discussion of how post–Second World War England is represented in the novels and films. The James Bond Dossier The James Bond Dossier (1965), by Kingsley Amis, is a critical analysis of the James