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They leave it pretty vague I think that you could easily interpret as either being days, months, or years. It’s such an isolated sequence that there’s nothing in it that carries over onto the main film, other than it was the two kills that eventually lead to his 00 status.
IIRC, Fleming’s Bond wasn’t immediately put in the 00 branch after his first two kills. That happened years sometime between his second kill and the casino job.
For example, the beginning of Rogue One is a flashback because there's a moment where we cut from a young Jyn Erso to an older Jyn Erso, communicating that she was thinking about that moment.
In Casino Royale the story moves forward and tells the story. Bond kills two people in the pre-titles sequence, he gets his 00 status during the title sequence and the next time we see him he's on a mission. To me nothing in that moment communicates a flashback.
The only thing that could possibly would be the use of black and white, but I think that was more of a stylistic choice than trying to give off the idea of a flashback.
The continuation novel Forever and a Day goes more into detail with this.
Precisely.
In terms of its presentation, Bonds first kill is presented as a "flashback" but his second kill plays in sequence with the rest of the film.
People are getting confused by the black-and-white photography. It's a stylistic gesture to demonstrate that once Bond has killed a man his life will never be the same. It's defined by blood. Hence the blood being the first colour we see onscreen. I'll let Barbara Broccoli explain:
https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=4460
"...we felt, since we're telling the story of him becoming a Double O, and you see the two killings and he becomes a Double O, the black and white is supposed to be his life before. Once he becomes a Double O everything explodes around him."
The film CR is clearly meant to be Bond's first mission. There's even a moment early on where M talks of having just given him his licence to kill.
If we follow this logic then every scene that follows the previous scene is a flashback.
Interesting, never read that before
Flashback cuts to the first kill in the men's room.
Back to Dryden, the second kill is performed.
Flashback to the first kill completed in the men's room.
Your ability to follow logic seems to be lacking and is very distorted .
Having said that, I agree with @Pierce2Daniel and @Denbigh that M promoted Bond pretty much straight away and CR is clearly meant to be Bond's first mission as a 00 and the rest of the film is following on from the Dryden kill. M makes this obvious. "I give him 00 status and he celebrates by shooting up an embassy". Doesn't really work if he's done multiple missions inbetween. Also, "I knew it was too early to promote you". That to me implies that he was promoted as soon as he killed Dryden and got the two kill requirement, and she's now wondering if that was a mistake.
I do think that the film could easily work without being an origin story, with just a few minor changes (instead of him struggling with killing and being too trusting/involved with Vesper because he's a new agent, it'd be a case of him getting tired of the job and letting his guard down because of that). But as it stands I think it's clearly meant to be his first mission.
In the book, his two kills are a flashback, and it's never really implied that it's his first mission as a 00. But that's the book. The film is different.
Really? Wow, I did not realise that at all? We could only be another month or two away from a teaser trailer/Title reveal?
Here’s a good read.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.radiotimes.com/news/film/2018-06-05/10-secrets-about-movie-trailers-from-the-people-who-make-them/amp/
Precisely. I'll be very surprised if it's not with Hobbs and Shaw, given it's the last big tentpole movie of the summer until probably Terminator in November.
Probably "Hobbs and Shaw" is safe bet, especially knowing that it is distributed by Universal. But if it's not the case, I think sequel of "It" or "Joker" can be interesting slots for B25 producers.
End of March so roughly seven months before release.
We got the first teaser before the end of March, that is less than 4 months after filming had started, the main trailer before the end of July and the third final trailer at the beginning of October.
There was one more that was attached to The Walk
Especially for a teaser, they don't have to wait until end of shooting to cut something together... Rocketman's was put together after a week of shooting just to get it out with Bohemian Rhapsody!
4 years later and that's the first I'd seen it.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration let the filmmakers work (on the road) without charge when parts of the new James Bond movie was shot on the Atlantic Road.
https://www.tk.no/kultur/atlanterhavsveien/film/atlanterhavsveien-har-vart-utlant-22-ganger-vegvesenet-tjente-ingenting/s/5-51-669430
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"Free use of the works". This was decided by the Municipality of Città dei Sassi against the request for temporary use of the municipally owned building - sent by Lotus Production srl, registered office in Rome. To do? Cinematic footage of the script for "James Bond 25".
The building, chosen for its strategic position, is located in Via Madonna delle Virtù inside the Rioni Sassi. It will be used from 26 June 2019 to 11 October 2019.
It is part of the Convent of Santa Lucia and Agata, assigned by the City Council on March 15, 2019 to the Park Authority of the Murgia of Matera to create the multimedia exhibition center and info point of the national and regional parks called Porta dei Parchi.
The heads of the organization gave the go-ahead for the temporary concession of the structure in favor of the Roman film company. The latter must perform various improvements: restoration of plaster areas subject to humidity, treatment and positioning of wall-mounted luminaires on both floors, replacement of three fixed skylights with new Wasistas opening windows, installation with desks, chairs and shelves, replacement of the two wooden Scurons in the Weddings area with new olive green color, mowing and disposal of external areas, installation of mosquito nets and fixed frame.
Cost of the works? Euro 7,200.00 plus VAT plus the cost of furnishings that must be donated to the Municipality.
Oh Jake24, I so hope you are right! That would be ideal as I break up for a 2 week holiday at the end of the month. If it does and their is a title release with it? I will be very happy and will play it on loop!!! :)) :-bd
Barbara I presume.
So, if the story is true that, at the studio’s request, they pulled the announcement of the title at the last minute, she must have not been too keen on it either.