Countdown to Skyfall - Goldfinger (1964) Saturday, 6 October 2012 Flickering Myth's writing team count down to the release of Skyfall by discussing their favourite James Bond films; next up is Simon Columb with Goldfinger... The 1001 Movies To See Before You Die only lists one James Bond adventure: Sandwiched between Joseph Losey's The Servant and Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising sits, awkwardly, Goldfinger . Kim Newman finishes his brief article on the film by stating that "Ever since, the series has been recycling". Maybe so, but what a formula they created! Guy Hamilton, directing his first film in the series, managed to combine the cool of From Russia with Love with new, innovative elements - gadgets that were more than a briefcase, and an introduction that was simply unforgettable. Is it a duck? No, it's James Bond. He is wearing a tuxedo underneath his wetsuit. Is this impossible? Not for 007. This is the most iconic James Bond adventure -- and the one film which, even at the time, critics began to realise represented more than simply 'kiss, kiss, bang bang'. I don't believe any other 007 film has established itself with such status as Goldfinger . Indeed, Dr. No started the ball rolling, From Russia with Love - though superior to both films - is more of an homage to Alfred Hitchcock than a rule-breaker film. If the films followed in the vein of the first two entries, then Bond surely wouldn't have lasted 50 years - it would've