The Other Fellow, directed by Australian filmmaker Matthew Bauer, is more than just martinis, girls, and guns. It’s a film about men, real men, who are named James Bond.
Seventy years after Ian Fleming created the James Bond character, The Other Fellow offers an energetic exploration of male identity via the lives, personalities, and adventures of a diverse band of men, real men across the globe all sharing the same name – James Bond.
From a Swedish 007 super-fan with a Nazi past, a gay New York theatre director, an African American Bond accused of murder, and two resilient women caught up in it all, Bauer’s cinematic mission is an audacious, poignant, and insightful examination of masculinity, gender, and race in the very real shadows of a movie icon.
The Other Fellow paints a rich picture of the worldwide digital and cultural footprint of cinema’s most famous spy. And what being in that looming shadow actually means for people when it creates an identity crisis like no other.
Check out our interview with Matthew:
