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The films of James Bond, to the usual mixture of violence, sex, technology, add something more, which marked the moment: an aestheticism of images, a touch of dandyism, a preciousness of the horror, in which motifs typical late nineteenth century machines seemed to filter through futuristic and science fiction machines.

— Guido Piovene

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The films of James Bond, to the usual mixture of violence, sex, technology, add something more, which marked the moment: an aestheticism of images, a touch of dandyism, a preciousness of the horror, in which motifs typical late nineteenth century machines seemed to filter through futuristic and science fiction machines." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Guido Piovene

About Guido Piovene

Guido Piovene (C.E.1907 – 1974), Italian writer and journalist.