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I'm not talking about knowing in advance. I mean having an idea about it. The title of A Clockwork Orange gives nothing of the movie or novel, yet is very evocative.
The James Bond & Friends Podcast said they had a title ready to reveal, but MGM/Universal held it back as it "wasn't strong enough".
Which is what I suspected. At one point they had something then decided to pull back at the last minute.
I want to make it clear : I'm not in a negative mode. There are lots of things I love about what we know of the production. I just think they should have decided of a title by now. It's not a make or break thing for me obviously but it is one concern for me.
Changes in the way things are revealed may be due to production issues, but are also just as likely due to Universal taking over and doing things differently. While this is their first Bond outting, it's certainly not their first and only franchise, they do know what they're doing.
And they may well have decided on a title, but the current trend is to reveal the title of big franchise films with the first trailer and not at a press conference. Given the rather non-event status of the press conference it would make far more sense to drop the title with the first trailer, it will create a hell of a lot more buzz from a marketing perspective.
Title changes have happened before so it's not unduly concerning. Bond 16 went into production as Licence Revoked:
Changed due to the studio worried about the audience not understanding what 'revoked' meant. The Guardian newspaper posited another reason - the word 'revoked' was associated with a driving licence.
You can picture the scene... Bond goes to Q Branch:
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I immediately began to think of this scene from North by Northwest reading this!
That's precious ;) Love that scene.
Now, of to watch North by Northwest and to Catch a Thief, what perfect films to start the Summer. Thanks for the ideia, @Torgeirtrap ;)
Definitely need to watch those two films soon myself – as well as Vertigo, The Birds and Rear Window!
Great lesser known Hitchcock.
I'd love to see an overt Hitchcock reference in Bond again. I thought Mendes was going to do something referencing the 39 Steps in SF but it didn't happen. The whole Highland pursuit was crying out for something like that
Missed opportunity IMO. M and Bond should have headed to Scotland on the Highland Sleeper.
True, all you said. Very much so.
Never seen Shadow of a Doubt unfortunately. It's on my list though!
He is a giant Kubrick fan. That's good enough for me ;) He even had a private tour of his house and archive because he's going to direct Napoleon for a Spielberg produced tv series.
I can't see any overt Hitchcock influences in Fukunaga's work but perhaps it's fair to say there isn't a director working today who hasn't been influenced by Hitchcock in some way - consciously or unconsciously.
Fukunaga certainly seems to like telling a strong story, understands action and is good at building tension and suspense. All arguably Hitchcockian traits. And all things that set him apart from Mendes IMO.
That's interesting! Maybe we'll see some Kubrick inspired shots.
Good points. If he can bring some of the elements that made the Hitchcock films so great to the screen for Bond 25, we might be in for a treat.
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Nintendo/Sony Playstation vs Sega, then. Wonder who would win ;)
Well yes, I'd much rather have a good title revealed late than a bad one revealed early. Which is why I suspect we haven't seen the title yet.
that also applies for the movie itself for me !
Incredible that he directed Rear Window the year before - a work of total perfection.
About B25: I do not mind that they haven‘t revealed the title, yet. With the exception of the accident of course all I read, saw and heard about B25 looks like this film will be a good new Bond film. I am more curious about the title tune though - I am hoping for a rock song, as mentioned before.