Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bbncca.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!bbncca!keesan From: keesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris Keesan) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: For Your Eyes Only Message-ID: <1138@bbncca.ARPA> Date: Tue, 13-Nov-84 16:59:45 EST Article-I.D.: bbncca.1138 Posted: Tue Nov 13 16:59:45 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Nov-84 00:40:39 EST References: <2883@allegra.UUCP> <240@zinfandel.UUCP> Organization: Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 26 ---------------------------------------------------- from zinfandel!berry > > It's a pun. 'For your eyes only', sometimes abbreviated 'eyes only' > is a type of British Secret classification. It means only YOU may > look at this copy. It's not quite as secret as 'Burn before reading.... > > So the pun is > a) the reference to classified material (this IS a spy movie, after all) > b) the reference to the womam -- "look but don't touch" > c) What she says at the end -- "I'm all yours, now" This is getting a little silly. I haven't seen the film, but I think it quite probable that the title has little if anything to do with the film. As with most Bond films, the title of "For Your Eyes Only" comes from the title of a written James Bond work, in this case a short story. In the context of the story, the meaning is quite clear. The story is a report from Bond to his boss, M., describing some activities Bond has been engaged in which are personal, illegal, have nothing to do with the legitimate activities of the British Secret Service, and should not be mentioned to anyone because both Bond and M. would get into trouble. Given this, it's natural that the report would get an "Eyes Only" classification, no pun involved. -- Morris M. Keesan {decvax,linus,ihnp4,wivax,wjh12,ima}!bbncca!keesan keesan @ BBN-UNIX.ARPA