For many, #BOND_AGE_ IMPOSTOR #9 was just a quick detour before Skyfall, but OSS117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is anything but a quick, harmless detour. The OSS117 films starring Jean Dujardin are some of the most successful 007 spoofs of last twenty years, if not ever. Jean Dujardin doesn’t mimic Connery, but his performance is specifically meant to recall the demeanor of the most famous Bond. And he does so with panache. This was our first foray into live tweeting a foreign film, so I do hope the OSS117 Live Tweet Digest adequately reflects how much fun we had with this movie.
INITIATE #BOND_AGE_ IMPOSTOR #9: OSS117 LIVE TWEET DIGEST
Parlez-vous français? INITIATE #BOND_AGE_ IMPOSTOR #9: #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
BONJOUR #OSS117
— Anna Morrison (@AnnaRenee) February 13, 2014
C’est très simple. 🙂 #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
Oooh. B&W means quality. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
he’s french because PENCIL MUSTACHE #OSS117
— Anna Morrison (@AnnaRenee) February 13, 2014
Oh, those wacky French and their sense of humor. Très amusant! #OSS117
— Fussy (@MiddParent) February 13, 2014
Archer! If he were, you know, Franceish. #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
#OSS117 title in German is “Der Spion, der sich liebte” …which translates as… THE SPY WHO LOVED HIMSELF.
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
Jean Dujardin’s performance is meant to be an explicit spoof of Connery’s version of James Bond. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
They got the saturated color look right too. #OSS117
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss) February 13, 2014
Homoerotic frolicking on beach. Check. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
The director here has to be applauded for his eye for period detail. He always nails it. #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
I need to ask “Are the meat dishes here of good quality?” Just as a conversation starter. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
Berenice. *Le sigh* #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
Hello Berenice Bejo. I will see your eyes in my sleep. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
The fakey fakey background in the driving car is a really nice touch. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
I love how realistic this driving in the car scene is. #OSS117 French people driving in cars and speaking French. Awesome.
— Fussy (@MiddParent) February 13, 2014
Offensive things sound classy when you say them in French. #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
@007hertzrumble Fart Bargo?
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss) February 13, 2014
Get your “Colonial European Leader” rookie cards while they last, kids! #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
Alpaca tuxedo? Not cashmere or vicuna? Are we sure he is French? #OSS117
— Fussy (@MiddParent) February 13, 2014
@MiddParent Une chop de judo! #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
Judo chop! #OSS117
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss) February 13, 2014
JUDO NECK CHOP! #OSS117
— Anna Morrison (@AnnaRenee) February 13, 2014
Imagine if Connery had to explain his puns to Domino. That’s essentially what’s happening. 🙂 #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
“Spartan dog!” -“Anglo Saxon hound!” #OSS117
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss) February 13, 2014
Jeebus. Don’t mention the goulash. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
@StorytellerMatt There are long pauses of self-satisfaction that must have required much staring into a mirror. 🙂 #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
“Obviously I could use this tool of mine…” #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
Jeez, Bond was subtle with the symbolism. Not this guy. #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
ohhhhhhhh, I get it…he’s actually talking about his penis…not a gun…#iseewhatyoudidthere #OSS117
— Anna Morrison (@AnnaRenee) February 13, 2014
“You’re very French.” “Merci.” #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
@MiddParent Good effort though. Most people just watch more Godard. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
Lamb Consortium?!? #OSS117
— Anna Morrison (@AnnaRenee) February 13, 2014
God bless the “Day for Night” look. #OSS117
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss) February 13, 2014
@AnnaRenee At the Brosnan School of Running, there’s no such thing as “tired.” #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
@007hertzrumble ‘That’s why I eat the peppers’ #OSS117
— Anna Morrison (@AnnaRenee) February 13, 2014
This guy’s a veritable bulldozer when it comes to intercultural relations. #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
He definitely raided Connery’s closet. #OSS117
— Fussy (@MiddParent) February 13, 2014
Love this navy suit. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
I love the look on his face as he turns the light on and off. #OSS117
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss) February 13, 2014
@007hertzrumble Having a similar reaction. This is just too much fun for a Wednesday night. #OSS117
— Fussy (@MiddParent) February 13, 2014
CHICKEN ATTACK #OSS117
— Anna Morrison (@AnnaRenee) February 13, 2014
@GregMcCambley The answer is never Slouchy Bond. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
Very Bond to be wise ass while being whipped. #OSS117
— Fussy (@MiddParent) February 13, 2014
@007hertzrumble It was the in thing to do. #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
“vous voir plus tard crocodile”…doesn’t translate well. #OSS117
— Fussy (@MiddParent) February 13, 2014
No no, OSS117. You adjust your tie just after you escape the trap. That’s how it works. #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
we are french so now we must do the stereotypical french laugh– Oh-hoh-hoh-hoh-hoh-hoh! #OSS117
— Anna Morrison (@AnnaRenee) February 13, 2014
That was very ‘Uncle Phil throwing Jazz out the back door’ #OSS117
— Anna Morrison (@AnnaRenee) February 13, 2014
@ThatAndyRoss I’ll be laughing about the chickens tomorrow. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
In the English-language remake this other guy is played by Peter Weller. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
Bum sweat. What a drag. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
“Nazis and their ideology… have always left me nonplussed.” #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
@AnnaRenee Nazis. Sand. Idiotic French spy and his Muslim secretary. That’s all we need to know. 🙂 #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
I jus want to put Berenice Bejo in my pocket and take her with me everywhere. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
I need a fez. #OSS117
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss) February 13, 2014
This reminds me of my last trip to the Moroccan restaurant at Epcot. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
This song is more believable than any single moment of Slouchy Bond. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
So the chickens dictate the balance of power? I’ll have to digest that nugget of info. #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
“My chickens!” #OSS117
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss) February 13, 2014
Does this make Jack OSS116? #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
I wish he’d been stabbed. Then we could say he’d Jackknifed. #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
“Whatever you did with your weenie, you did it for France.” #OSS117
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss) February 13, 2014
“Iran is beautiful. They really appreciate Westerners.” #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
Again, I love that movie! #OSS117
— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss) February 13, 2014
That was a lot of fun. Just goes to show how fun not understanding most of what’s said in a film can be. 🙂 #OSS117
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) February 13, 2014
DENIS! salutes Jean Dujardin’s Sean Connery posturing, Berenice Bejo, navy suits and light-switch chickens. #OSS117 pic.twitter.com/kO0eHZ8IoK
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014
NEXT WEEK JAMES BOND RETURNS WITH #SKYFALL. #OSS117
— #Bond_age_ (@007hertzrumble) February 13, 2014