WOMEN’S AUTONOMY IN GOLDFINGER (GUY HAMILTON, 1964)
WOMEN’S AUTONOMY IN GOLDFINGER (GUY HAMILTON, 1964)

Summary/Abstract: The representation of women in Bond films has always been a controversial topic for discussion. Whereas it is true that in the first two Bond films, Dr. No and From Russia with Love, female characters have often been objectified, their function being simply to increase the number of Bond’s sexual encounters, in Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton, 1964), the third movie of the franchise, we can already see the first signs of a change in the treatment of female characters which responds to the social changes from the 60’s. Pussy Galore, the main Bond girl, represents a departure from the previous representation of women in Bond movies. She is not only attractive but also very competent and independent to the extent that she becomes the first women to represent real threat to agent 007.

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