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That's true. Magnificent indeed.
I get that there are more good cinematographers out there. Always have been. But Deakins is really that good. Those scenes at Skyfall were amazingly lit. That being said, I must say I have seen better. Danny Cohen, PTAnderson, Cuaron, ..., are brilliant cinematographers. But none is Freddie Young or John Alcott.
The Norweigian Instagram says tomorrow. That would be very cool and one wonders if this will be a PTS and/or a quick sequence or two (correct me if I'm wrong, but even with incentives, Norway is one of the most expensive places to shoot in the world).
As I said to the Colonel today, I'm seriously starting to get excited about what this creative team has up their sleeves.
Also: NORWAY!! :) Oh, I have wanted Bond to go there for so long. It could be the PTS or in any part of the film, large or small - I would just be happy to see Norway in Bond 25. What a beautiful country. Nice contrast to location in Cadiz (representing African country).
Exaggeration galore imo. I reckon it will be appreciated more in the years to come and I'm talking about the cinematography in this case. The film itself, the script, direction by Mendes was quite a few notches, quality wise, below Hoyte's work.
Bring on the info dump or I'll have to NSA myself into the leak.
Can't see Norway featuring any more than briefly. The incentive scheme for 2019 amounts to a total of 75m kroner (£6.7m), in contrast to the financial incentives and tax rebates of £13m (!) from Mexico for SP alone.
Eleven applications have been received apparently, and one could imagine that at least a significant amount to be earmarked the Scandinavian projects.
Bring it on! I approve. And tomorrow bring some casting confirmations.
It'd probably be good for Malek, if it is true, that they announce it before the Oscars, so he doesn't have to avoid all the questions he's going to be asked on the red carpet.
Believe it or not, Diane Lane or Winona Ryder. Or confirmation of Christoph Waltz and Jeffery Wright.
Regarding digital.....doesn't it seem kinda "fake" or too surreal instead of film being used? At least with film, we were able to focus on what the cinematographer and director were jointly trying to get the audience in the mood for (such as the change of location from one scene to another).
Skyfall felt like watching the inside of a movie studio as opposed to getting lost in the 2nd Unit director's art.
Lastly, wouldn't it raise eyebrows if Simon Kassianides makes a cameo appearance in the movie?
Yusef recruiting for Spectre?
Back to his old ways. Or would he be detained after the events of QOS.
It's one of those small details that could work very well within the story. Why did you mention him @dramaticscenesofQOS ?
A person can dream, can't they? Diane Lane wants to be a villain in her career, and Winona Ryder looks and acts like a villain in real life. They both would be great for James Bond.
I second this.
I get where you are coming from. As a side villain however, I would like to see him back. With better written material though.
@peter, many of us here are genuinely happy for you and others to share what you guys can when you can, even if small. Oh and Gregg taking over from his dad for the next one makes plenty sense, and I would have expected that to happen by then.
On Singer, well, I wouldn't say discomfort, but rather rage that it seems nothing affects him, because apparently he has very powerful connections (similar garbage individuals, I presume). It was just confirmed that he's keeping his next directing job, because his current film is making so much money, and so...
Thanks for the link, but I had already read Malek's most recent comments, which were - again - just weak, and not properly thought out at all - and he sure likes to repeat "Freddie Mercury" at any opportunity (and it has worked pretty well). "Not aware" just won't cut it, when the stuff has been (reasonably) public knowledge for over 20 years - multiple accusers, articles, a documentary film years ago... I kinda expect Hugh Jackman etc. will say they had absolutely no idea either. Somehow people who work with and hung out with the guy are "not aware" when people who don't even personally know anyone who works in the industry do. Rrright. Even I knew years ago that Bryan Singer is trash. So of course the producers knew. The studio obviously knew since with what already happened with that X-men press tour. They just like to keep hiring a guy who makes them money. (Literally what next project's employer said.) They can't possibly have any actual "answers" besides that.
I don't know what you really had in mind, but I don't think I can agree with you that an actor's job doesn't also include answering questions concerning their work and people they work with. Actors are constantly asked about their colleagues and directors and what working on a project was like, etc. It's normal practice in promotional work and any other interviews with actors, and should be just as normal when everything isn't fine and dandy. I think actors shouldn't just play mouthpieces to producers, either. Like... if there's a change of director during actual production (or just if it's public knowledge there were some issues on set), it's only natural an actor gets asked about that, and it's weird if they get irritated and defensive (like Malek) that the question is even asked. If there's a big story released about the director of the movie then of course at the very least the lead and the "face" of the movie gets asked for a comment, and I think they should be able to do that - as well as be allowed to answer it themselves without being told their lines. Just like in, say, sport or politics, an actor's main job isn't answering questions from the media/public, but it definitely is part of the job.
As for Malek in general, I was trying to say (messily I admit) that while I couldn't even comment on his acting since I've barely seen it, and for obvious reasons won't be seeing his most high-profile showpiece currently in theatres, I also haven't been impressed by his immature and irritable attitude and dismissive comments to legitimate questions (about other things, too) - long before the Atlantic article, as well as some peculiarly vague blabla about Mercury. The combination of the two things hasn't made me remotely excited about him potentially being cast, that's all. He might still be both a nice guy and a great actor, though. I'm sure I'll form a better informed opinion of him sooner or later one way or another (Bond movie involvement or not).
BR is pretty much the first time I've noticed him and it's been his just what he's been saying and I haven't been impressed. - A good thing I already liked Viggo as an actor before Green Book (which I also haven't seen, and most likely won't... I still haven't seen Driving Miss Daisy, either), because he hasn't exactly impressed during the awards season, either, hehee. (I'll have their presumably well-intentioned messiness over the unpleasantness of Brian May and the GB writer Vallelonga any day, though.)
Apologies for OT. (I know it's pretty common here anyway, though.)
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Digital and film are both fine by me, I'm not too fussy about that; after all, both can be done well or not, and can look good or not. I kinda expected film, and I guess that would have been my preference, but curious to see what they do with digital as well. I've certainly enjoyed most of what I've seen of Sandgren's work so far. (2 were so meh as movies that I admit I don't really remember the cinematography, but the other 4 sure looked good, and at least 3 of them - American Hustle, La La Land, First Man - looked bloody excellent).
I’d be pretty damned annoyed if they yank the gunbarrel out of the beginning.
That whole Blofeld base sequence is bizarre on a number of levels.
Scripting, story-boarding, cinematography, everything.
Poor Craig and Seydoux stand around like mannequins while Waltz reels off the most stilted, lazy dialogue imaginable.
Madeleine is unkillable cos Vesper.
The same lightning can’t strike Craig’s Bond twice.
Am certain she’ll survive.
What’s more, she can’t leave him. Already tried that in SP. if she’s back, she’s wifey. Or at least significant other.
That be a bit more extreme than what we got age wise between RM and TR!