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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

Licence to offend: BFI season gives James Bond films trigger warnings

Sean Connery as Bond in 1964’s Goldfinger.
Sean Connery as Bond in 1964’s Goldfinger. Photograph: United Artists/Allstar

Audiences at a new season of films at the British Film Institute in London have been cautioned the titles – including two James Bond movies – “will cause offence today”.

A blanket trigger warning has been placed over all movies being presented at a tribute to the work of British composer John Barry, the man behind the scores for many 007 films.

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