Review of The Goldfinger Phenomenon

"The Goldfinger Phenomenon" is an American documentary from 1995 made by John Cork, so this one is already over 20 years old and 1995 was a really good year for Bond documentaries as there is another pretty brilliant one out, but we talked about that one on another occasion. As for this one here, it runs for slightly under half an hour and of course, it is not a making-of documentary as there are no recordings in here from when this was made back in the early 1960s, but we get to hear interviews with people who had a major impact on what still many today consider the best Bond film ever. They give us anecdoted, background information etc. And we see snippets including content from the film that is really nice too see, such as the Sakata commercial. Even the weaker moments and sequences like the great focus on Galore, Blackman (still alive in her 90s today) are on a level where they may be inferior to the rest, but still solid nonetheless. I personally would have liked to see a bit more on Froebe, but that is of course subjective me being German. Anyway, my bias here being a great fan of Bond films and Goldfinger may possibly get in the way of providing a more neutral review, but well it was that good and it gives us here and there even a piece of information and insight that otherwise may have gotten lost by now. The editing felt brilliant too, for example when they combined the songs. If you are as much into 007 as I am, then definitely see this one, perhaps after rewatching the original film, which is of course not essential. But having it seen at least once, is of course. This is a contender for best 1995 short film and documentary. Highly recommended.