Quantum of Solace
“I don’t think the dead care about vengeance”-James Bond (Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace) A friend of mine asked me the day after the trailer for this film debuted, “What the hell is a Quantum of Solace?” It was a bold choice to pick this title of a Fleming short story, which was one of the few Bond tales that has no espionage. In it the unnamed Governor of the Bahamas passes a couple of hours after a dinner party telling Bond a story of a British man who falls in love with and marries an airline stewardess. The stewardess has an affair that she flaunts and the man, initially wrecked by this, later devises a cold revenge. Fleming goes on to describe that they do not have a “Quantum of Solace”, which is a mathematical formula to designate a level of respect, friendship and love between two parties. If a quantum of solace is high then the relationship is successful. If the Quantum of Solace is at zero the relationship has no hope. Spoilers below for Casino Royale a